A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...

Scientists have studied the moon's surface for decades to help piece together its complex geological and evolutionary history ...

New research suggests that Earth's recent mini-moon might have originated as part of our actual moon long, long ago.

PT5, a near-Earth object discovered last year, has captivated scientists with its potential lunar origins. Likely ejected ...

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

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

An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an ...

The student, named Ma Junhe, dreamed of exploring the moon from a young age. After learning about telescope construction ...

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

On Jan. 4, Saturn briefly hid behind the crescent moon, escaping the view of skywatchers in Europe, Africa, western Russia ...

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