"It is incredible that modern telescopic surveys have the ability to detect such small objects up to millions of kilometers ...

Astronomers have long been fascinated by the idea that Earth could harbor small, temporary satellites, known as minimoons, ...

The next full moon is Saturday, Aug. 9, and is sometimes called the Sturgeon Moon. It gets that name from when "The Great ...

"The impact could pose some danger to equipment or astronauts on the moon, and certainly to satellites and other Earth-orbiting platforms, which are above our atmosphere." ...

Every night, as darkness envelops us, one quiet presence of the moon watches over us. It’s not just a natural satellite or a ...

Earth is no longer at risk of a direct collision with the asteroid 2024 YR4, but an impact on the moon in 2032 could send debris hurtling towards our planet that could take out orbiting satellites ...

July’s full moon is called "the Buck Moon” because in July, velvet antler growth, called antlerogenesis, makes an older ...

What evidence of a first moon orbiting a planet outside of our solar system really means. ... in a stellar system 8,000 light years from Earth. While this is an exciting discovery, ...