On Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth captured a new "mini-moon" called 2024 PT5. The bus-size asteroid is expected to orbit our planet for 57 days, but is too small to be visible to amateur skywatchers.

Earth obtained a new mini-moon, which is actually a near-Earth asteroid, named 2024 PT, on Sept. 29. The asteroid is estimated to be 33 feet wide, about the length of a school bus and at least ...

China has taken a step forward in its ambitious plan to land astronauts on the moon by 2030 – unveiling the specially designed spacesuit its crew will don for what’s expected to be a landmark ...

What is the moon phase today? Today, Oct. 4, 2024, the moon is 2 days old and is in the New Moon phase of its lunar cycle. It is 2% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the night ...

Everything we thought we knew about the moon's origins may be wrong, new research suggests. Ever since we landed the first humans on the moon, scientists have thought that our lone lunar companion ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...