See multiple views from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft's touching down on asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Credit: JAXA/U. Tokyo/Kochi ...

This quasi-moon is expected to remain in its current near-Earth orbit for about another 60 years before the gravitational tug ...

Despite the newcomer, Earth still has just one true moon. NASA says 2025 PN7 keeps its distance — about 4 million kilometers ...

A viral claim says Earth has two moons — but does it really? Here’s what’s orbiting our planet and what Nevadans can actually ...

The Illinois secretary of state’s office is reminding everyone — including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents — ...

The object - which can't be seen with the naked eye - is known as a 'quasi-moon' that has an Earth-like orbit and was first ...

In the distant past, the solar system was rife with impacts and collisions. Millions of rocky objects zoomed chaotically ...

China's Chang'e-6 mission, the first sample return mission to the far side of the Moon, discovered extremely rare water-rich ...

2025 PN7 is a small, dim asteroid that appears to orbit Earth, according to EarthSky. Believed to be a piece of the moon that ...

The rare samples, uncovered by China’s Chang’e-6 mission, might help to reveal secrets of how the Solar System evolved.

The Earth often gets a few visitors in the solar system, but some stick around for a while. Here's what to know about the ...

The newly discovered "twilight" asteroid, 2025 SC79, was obscured by the sun's glare until an astronomer pointed the Dark ...