The cadre — the 24th astronaut class in NASA's history, and the first new one since 2021 — was announced today (Sept. 22) ...

Earth has a newly discovered—albeit temporary—companion in its journey around the sun. In research published this month in ...

A new moon is when the moon shares the same celestial longitude as the sun; the two bodies are said to be in conjunction.

The newly discovered asteroid is expected to tag along on the Earth's path around the sun for another 60 years.

Astronomers have identified a tiny quasi-moon, 2025 PN7, orbiting near Earth for about 60 years. This 62-foot-wide near-Earth ...

A team of researchers has put forth the idea of launching nuclear bombs at asteroid 2024 YR4 with a chance of hitting the ...

Solar eclipses only occur at the New Moon phase of the lunar cycle (a series of eight unique phases of the moon's visibility) ...

NASA announced a launch date for first crewed flight to the moon since 1972. The Artemis II mission will circle the moon but ...

The United States' civil space agency NASA has announced plans to launch a crewed mission around the moon in April next year, ...

Wind from Earth is causing the Moon to rust - New findings indicate a long-term material exchange between Earth and the Moon ...

Earth is the only planet in our solar system with a single moon, making it a rare phenomenon for a planet of its kind.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 caused quite a stir last year when it was discovered and originally calculated to have a 3% chance of ...