Earth has a new moon-like object, known as a "mini-moon," orbiting our planet. This phenomenon is a temporary capture of ...

Scientists traced the Moon's parent planet Theia to the inner Solar System, solving a 4.5-billion-year mystery.

The moon will reach its first-quarter phase in Pisces on Nov. 28. Here's what the transit means for your zodiac sign, ...

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

Understanding the moon’s seismic activity is critical to the success or failure of future lunar missions. Lunar seismic ...

"Over time, the rays will darken to the shade of the surrounding regolith as the material is exposed to space weathering," ...

The Orion crew module gets stacked onto the Space Launch System in preparation for the upcoming Artemis 2 mission in early ...

Some planets in our solar system have an incredible amount of moons. Jupiter has 95, with names like Ganymede and Europa. Remarkably, though, Saturn has almost three times that number, including the ...

There are several frozen moons in our solar system, orbiting the gas giants. Some of them, despite having temperatures that would make Antarctica feel tropical, have liquid water under the surface.

Small icy moons may have hidden oceans that briefly boil under thick ice. Changing pressure inside these moons shapes their ...

At this point in history, astronomers and engineers who grew up watching "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon," two movies about the ...