Crinia is a unique 5-kilometer asteroid that shares Earth’s orbit in a rare one-to-one rhythm. Despite its nickname as Earth’s “second moon, ” it actually orbits the sun with a looping path that ...

"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." ...

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

Paul Wiegert, a Western physics and astronomy professor, shares insights on asteroid 2024 YR4 and the likelihood it will hit Earth or the Moon.

NASA has issued a startling alert about a “City Killer” asteroid that could hit the Moon by 2032. Experts warn it may disrupt ...

Astronomers at the University of Maryland found that a surprising burst of rocky debris released during the DART mission ...

Earth may briefly capture as many as six moon fragments — called minimoons — at any given time before they move on to orbit ...

Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.

A 2.35-billion-year-old Moon rock that fell to Earth in Africa is rewriting what we know about lunar volcanism. This rare ...

July is a special month, as it is part of the summer, the Independence Day of the United States (4) is celebrated, and also the meeting of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, considere ...

Several planets stand still in the sky, Titan’s shadow transits Saturn, and Venus gives Taurus a second eye in the sky this ...