Earth will gain a new celestial companion that will stay for two months in the planet’s gravitational cradle. Meet asteroid 2024 PT5, Earth’s latest mini-moon. “It is pretty cool ...

Earth is set to play host to a “mini-moon” this week, as a small asteroid – about the length of a double decker bus – enters ...

Despite predictions that the asteroid might become a temporary mini-moon whirling around Earth, the space rock maintained ... Jedicke was not involved in the new study. “The hypothesis that ...

The leading explanation for all of these mysteries is known as the giant impact hypothesis. According to this story, when the ...

WASHINGTON — Earth’s moon will soon have some company — a “mini moon.” The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus at 33 feet. When it whizzes by Earth ...

March's full "Blood Worm Moon," a phenomenon that makes the moon appear red during a total lunar eclipse, is visible this week for Americans and others in Earth's Western Hemisphere. The full moon ...

More than 50 years after Apollo 8’s legendary Earthrise photo, a new image from the Moon’s surface delivers a hauntingly ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A total lunar eclipse will flush the moon red Thursday night into Friday morning across the Western Hemisphere. SpaceX scrubs Crew-10 launch attempt delaying trip to the space station ...

The US federal government has asked Nasa to develop a time zone for the Moon before embarking on new missions to the lunar ... Relative to the Earth, time moves more quickly on the Moon ...

In contrast, during a total solar eclipse — which is preceded by a partial eclipse — the moon completely covers the sun, ...

Scientists want to create a repository on the moon to preserve biological material from Earth. Lunar temperatures and the orb's overall stability make it an ideal option for long-term preservation ...