For over four billion years, the Moon has been orbiting Earth — but where did it come from? The Moon has been a constant ...

Astronomers have added two more exoplanets to a growing study aimed at finding out whether rocky worlds near small, faint ...

NASA’s development of autonomous eye imaging technologies for astronauts aboard the International Space Station is paving the ...

Decoding how sand grains move and accumulate on Earth can also help scientists understand dune formation on Mars.

They formed High Moon Records to do just that in 2010, specializing in reissuing rarities and cult favorites. They started by ...

The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure several hours after communication was lost with the lander.

Elon Musk is threatening to decommission a capsule used to take astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station for NASA. The threat came as President Donald Trump and Musk argued on ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system’s many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show ...

By Becky Ferreira For a few months last fall, a school-bus-size space rock named 2024 PT5 gained fame as Earth’s new “mini-moon.” Astronomers rushed to study the object while it was still ...

Earth has had mini moon visits in the past. The asteroid 2022 NX1 temporarily got caught in Earth's orbit for a short time in 1981 and 2022. It will return as a temporary mini moon of our planet ...

Earth's temporary mini moon, 2024 PT5, will depart Nov. 25. Credit: Two-Meter Twin Telescope / Light Bridges / Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias A mini moon that will bid farewell to Earth ...

On Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth captured a new "mini-moon" called 2024 PT5. The bus-size asteroid is expected to orbit our planet for 57 days, but is too small to be visible to amateur skywatchers.