For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is ...

November's full moon, known as the Beaver Moon, will be the last supermoon of the year, and you can catch it next week.

Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids.

On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.

The European Space Agency's Hera craft, en route to an asteroid, recently captured footage of our planet and the moon, set ...

As part of their ongoing "What If?" series, Randall Munroe of xkcd and Henry Reich of MinutePhysics looked at what might ...

The Beaver Moon, the next full moon and last supermoon of 2024, will light up Michigan skies in mid-November. Here's what to ...

A recent study points to an exciting possibility: that Uranus's moon Miranda, located in the far reaches of our solar system, ...

A new simulation technology developed by the University of Bristol enables effective remote control of lunar robots for moon dust collection, supporting astronaut training and potentially reducing the ...

These changes in appearance are the phases of the moon. As the moon orbits Earth, it cycles through eight distinct phases. The four primary phases of the moon (new moon, first quarter, full moon ...

The new moon occurs on Nov. 1, and three days later the moon will make a close pass to Venus in the evening sky.