For a few months, Earth had a second moon — a tiny asteroid that may have been a piece of our own Moon ...

New research suggests that Earth's recent mini-moon might have originated as part of our actual moon long, long ago.

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

The small near-Earth asteroid 2024 PT5 has been creating a buzz among researchers. Discovered last year with the help of a ...

For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit ...

Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface.

Molten debris from the smash was believed to have bound together to form the moon. But a new study suggests it is instead made primarily from material spat out from the Earth’s mantle — the ...

NASA's Artemis program goal of establishing a human presence on Earth's moon is closer than ever to becoming a reality within ...

A pair of spacecraft developed by private firms blast off on a single rocket on the risky voyage to the lunar surface.

En route to land on the moon, a spacecraft snapped views of Earth eclipsing the sun. The Blue Ghost lunar lander, built by the Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace for NASA, launched to space on ...

Only when the moon, Earth and the sun are perfectly aligned is the moon 100% full. And sometimes — once in a blue moon — the moon is full twice in a month (or four times in a season ...