The object, the latest “quasi-moon” detected by astronomers, could be with us for almost another 60 years. By Robin George Andrews The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as ...

Earth has a newly discovered—albeit temporary—companion in its journey around the sun. In research published this month in Research Notes of the AAS, a non-peer reviewed publication from the American ...

The Moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) farther away from the Earth every year. Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and ...

This week in Skywatch, I want to go back to basics when it comes to the moon. So why does the moon change shape? Why is it a crescent on one night, a half-moon another night, and a full moon on yet ...

No, Earth will not have "two moons until 2083," but asteroid 2025 PN7 has joined Earth's orbital path, with the tiny fleet of space rocks set to trail Earth's orbit until 2083 before the sun pulls it ...