The Earth has pulled in moons of this type before but none have ever stuck around as long as the moon we know.

Earth is going to have a second moon for two brief months, as a small asteroid piece will be incorporated into the planet's ...

On August 7, 2024, NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) detected a space object that, for a little ...

"Asteroids that fail to escape Earth's gravity and end up orbiting the planet for a time are referred to as mini-moons," The ...

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a photo of Earth and the moon. It was the first time both the Earth and the moon were ...

The temporary moon will begin to appear towards the end of September. Its appearance is the result of a small asteroid piece ...

Those rings are rock and ice that span thousands of kilometers around the planet. They are the hallmark of ... it was clear that the Earth was getting more debris from space. One hypothesis is that ...

When Sarah Gillis performed ‘Rey’s Theme’, a piece John Williams composed for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, her concert hall ...

A Mars scientist shares the inside story of the NASA Curiosity rover's poignant first photo of Earth and Mars moon Phobos ...

WMO Report Highlights Importance of Space-Based Earth Observation For Climate Action ...

Voyager 1 was responsible for one of the most iconic space photos in the history of the space program. In 1990, while still ...

NASA's most distant spacecraft had a critical thruster problem far from home. Fixing it required a long-distance call to ...