Astronomers recently identified a mysterious object near Earth that left them puzzled—until they realized Elon Musk was ...

NASA partners with private companies to search for lunar water ice, a key factor for future human exploration of the moon ...

For a few months, Earth had a second moon — a tiny asteroid that may have been a piece of our own Moon ...

For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit ...

An unusual looking 33-foot-long object discovered orbiting Earth last year may have come from a surprising place.

The asteroid is about 33 feet (10 meters) across and poses no danger to Earth. It joins another known lunar asteroid ...

Saturn’s rings, imaged here by NASA’s Cassini orbiter, are one of the solar system’s most reliably spectacular sights. But ...

2024 PT5 is the second near-Earth asteroid scientists suspect was ejected from the moon's surface, the first being 469219 ...

Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface.

Lee esta historia en español aquí. The near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago ...

The sun’s light exerts a tiny force called “solar radiation pressure” on objects in space. Lightweight human-made debris, ...

For months space enthusiasts were fascinated by a small asteroid that was pulled by Earth's gravity and was fondly referred ...