Earth and the Moon orbit one another around a common center of gravity, (referred to as a barycenter), like two dancers ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — The Artemis II crew performed a special burn of the Orion capsule on Thursday evening. This critical burn is the last step to sending the four astronauts on a flyby of the moon.

Earth has adopted a new(ish) traveling companion. It’s a tiny asteroid with quasi-moon status, named 2025 PN7 by astronomers. Not to be mistaken with a mini-moon, the celestial object follows an orbit ...