European scientists are turning an aircraft into a laboratory that simulates lunar gravity to prepare astronauts and ...

Earth and the Moon are forever locked in a gravitational embrace that has played a critical role in determining the fate of both worlds. Although they have grown more distant since their formative ...

As mankind was planning the first moon landing in the 1960s, an asteroid approached Earth—and still hasn’t left.

It sounds like a sci-fi plot, but it’s a cold, hard scientific fact: our closest cosmic neighbor, the moon, is slowly moving ...

Earth still only has one true natural satellite — our 2,159-mile-wide moon oribiting about 239,000 miles away. However, ...

It's largely agreed that the moon was created around 4.5 billion years ago when a protoplanet collided with early molten ...

Scientists confirm Earth's so-called 'second moon' is just a small, temporary quasi-satellite with no real impact, debunking ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In an extraordinary celestial event, Earth has been hosting a “mini-moon” the size of a city bus for the past several weeks. Officially named asteroid 2024 PT5, this object ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Planet Earth is parting company with an asteroid that’s been tagging along as a “mini-moon” for the past two months. The harmless space rock will peel away on Monday, ...

Earth has just acquired a new best friend in space – a small asteroid named 2025 PN7. Not quite a moon, it has been moving in ...

Contrary to online rumors, Earth still only has one true moon, but astronomers have discovered a so-called 'quasi-moon.' Here ...