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 ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Many of the planets in our solar system have multiple moons, and some even have dozens ...

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 ...

A new moon occurs when the moon is directly between Earth and the sun, with its shadowed side pointing towards us. You can see a new moon when it crosses the face of the sun during a solar eclipse.

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

A new video from the mission shows the Earth setting and rising behind the moon just after the spacecraft made its second lunar orbit maneuver. Earth rise, Earth set, repeat! The video shows the ...

This month's full moon was due to pass through the shadow of Earth either late Thursday night or very early Friday morning, depending on the viewer's time zone. It was visible to people in the ...

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 ...