The newly discovered asteroid is expected to tag along on the Earth's path around the sun for another 60 years.

The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as far as we know. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get visitors, most often in the form of (usually harmless) asteroids. Some even ...

Astronomers have found yet another quasi-moon companion of Earth in its orbit around the Sun believed to be a chunk of our ...

Earth has a newly discovered—albeit temporary—companion in its journey around the sun. In research published this month in ...

A recently observed object called 2025 PN7 was found orbiting near the Earth. The quasi-moon is expected to accompany our ...

Earth is the only planet in our solar system with a single moon, making it a rare phenomenon for a planet of its kind.

A large asteroid strike on the Moon could have negative consequences for the artificial satellites we now depend on. That ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, once perceived as a threat, is no longer on a collision course with the planet Earth. However, there is a ...

An asteroid has a slight chance of hitting the moon in 2032. Here's what to know about 2024 YR4 and a way to stop that.

NASA has estimated that the metals in these asteroids could be worth as much as $10 billion per person, and mining the richest ten asteroids could yield $1.5 trillion. However, the actual extraction ...

Due to the influence the Earth plays on the moon’s momentum, the Earth’s rotation slows down in response, as explained by ...