Scientists call such phenomena mini-moons. The asteroid was found by a group called ATLAS, which stands for Asteroid ...

Their research indicates that terrestrial planets like Earth can gravitationally capture moons, a potential explanation for ...

Keep Roving In preparation for the first crewed lunar mission in half a century, NASA is prototyping a new Moon rover — and ...

On Saturday evening (Oct. 5) as darkness is falling, be sure to take a look low toward the west-southwest part of the sky for ...

Artemis missions are accelerating scientific research on the Moon's surface. The first lunar space station will soon be built ...

The Moon, Williams and Zugger say, has an orbit around Earth that isn't as neatly aligned with the equator as you might ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, the first dedicated mission to study an ocean world beyond Earth, aims to investigate if ...

The tides we experience in all bodies of water on earth are caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun. At the Bay ...

The James Webb Space Telescope uncovers carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on Pluto’s moon Charon. This discovery, ...

You’ve heard about the Earth’s new mini-moon, yes? “It will be temporarily trapped by our planet’s gravity and orbit the globe - but only for about two months.” Earth will have a temporary “mini moon” ...

Sky watchers across North America are anxiously anticipating what could be the most intense display of aurora borealis in ...