The Moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) farther away from the Earth every year. Scientists measure the distance to ...

Earth has picked up a new traveling companion – an asteroid named 2025 PN7 that now moves through space in step with us. This ...

The Moon, our constant celestial companion, is drifting away from Earth at a slow but measurable rate. According to a detailed study published byThe Conversation, the Moon is moving approximately 1.5 ...

Astronomers have found a space rock that has been quietly hanging around Earth for decades: a tiny asteroid named 2025 PN7. This so-called “quasi-moon” isn’t a true moon or a mini-moon, because it ...

The sun’s gravity would be pulling the moon away from Earth on November 20, 2025, at a distance that it had never been in the ...

The asteroid, known as 2022 RD2, belongs to a rare class of space rocks called Arjunas. These objects travel around the sun ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) ...

Has Earth acquired a second moon? Not exactly. Astronomers recently discovered a new quasi-moon. This asteroid with a diameter of 50 feet will be accompanying Earth as it orbits the Sun for the next ...

“Impact flashes on the moon are very common,” University of Colorado Boulder astrophysical and planetary sciences professor Paul Hayne said. “In fact, they happen more or less every night, and it’s a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A satellite ...