To see Earth from space is to be forever changed by the view. Since Alan Shepard became the first American to lay eyes on our ...

Incredible timelapse footage captured the setting of the waxing crescent moon on Saturday, November 22, in Santa Cruz, California.Shreenivasan Manievannan captured this video as the moon set behind ...

"The most convincing scenario is that most of the building blocks of Earth and Theia originated in the inner solar system.

Asteroid 2023 JF flew about 199,000 miles (320,000 km) away from Earth. It's estimated size is about 34 feet wide (10 meters) ...

A visual guide to the audacious moon-landing mission design that put SpaceX and NASA in the hot seat — and has experts ...

Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide ...

In March, I visited the Lowell Observatory — the astronomical research site where Pluto was first discovered — in Flagstaff, ...

The most dramatic supermoon of the year is due to rise on Bonfire Night, providing a stunning backdrop to displays. Look up, ...

During the last episode of Hulu’s 'The Kardashians,' Kim Kardashian professed her belief that the 1969 moon landing never happened.

When you think of moons orbiting around celestial bodies, the first that naturally springs to mind is Earth's own moon. Certainly, that moon is ours – it is firmly locked within orbit around our ...

Earth's quasi-moons are not actually moons, but temporary asteroids that eventually leave Earth’s orbit JPL-Caltech/NASA A new "quasi-moon" named 2025 PN7 has been discovered, according to a ...

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 ...