Every so often, Jupiter's strong gravity sends an asteroid hurtling through the solar system, sometimes towards Earth. Last ...

On Sept. 18, 1977, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a photo of Earth and the moon. It was the first time both the Earth and ...

Earth is the only planet in our solar system with a single moon, making it a rare phenomenon for a planet of its kind.

Researchers are discussing 2025 PN7, a small celestial body that's following a similar orbital path to our planet's without being gravitationally tied to Earth ...

The bold question-askers at What If explore what Earth would be like as a moon of Jupiter. DOJ investigated Trump border czar ...

A new moon is when the moon shares the same celestial longitude as the sun; the two bodies are said to be in conjunction.

The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as far as we know. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get visitors, most often in the form of (usually harmless) asteroids. Some even ...

The first Artemis mission lasted 25 days and saw the launch of an uncrewed spacecraft in November 2022. It saw a spacecraft ...

In some regions, the moon and Venus will appear in close alignment, while in parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, the moon will ...

Watch the crescent moon, Venus and the bright star Regulus align in a rare predawn close conjunction tomorrow.

NASA has estimated that the metals in these asteroids could be worth as much as $10 billion per person, and mining the richest ten asteroids could yield $1.5 trillion. However, the actual extraction ...

Saturn will put on a show for professional and backyard astromers alike, and be the brightest and closest it has been to ...