The Moon is rusting — and it’s Earth’s fault. Scientists have found that oxygen particles blown from Earth to the Moon can ...

The newly discovered asteroid is expected to tag along on the Earth's path around the sun for another 60 years.

Advanced space travel relies on a fundamental understanding of the restricted three-body problem (RTBP), in which one of the ...

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 ...

In this curious film, a pair of friends venture out into the desert to build an accurate to scale model of our solar system.

A sci-fi idea is gaining supporters, from billionaires to city councils. Whether it’s feasible is another matter.

Three missions aimed at observing space weather are set to launch Sept. 23 from Florida. Here's what to know about NASA's IMAP and more.

From the night of September 7 to the early morning of September 8, 2025, a spectacular total lunar eclipse will occur, ...

A small asteroid has been quietly following Earth’s orbit for decades—unseen, unbothered and, until recently, completely ...

Scientists are unraveling the mysteries of "steam worlds"—exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes that are rich in water but orbit so close to their stars that their surfaces are shrouded in thick ...

The region where the gravitational influence of Earth is the dominant force, is called the Hill Sphere. This extends up to 1.5 million kilometers (almost a million miles) away. If a small asteroid ...