The most dangerous asteroids are the most difficult to detect.” Carnegie Science’s Scott S. Sheppard’s caution is no ...

Viral speculation that earth was now home to a second moon has circulated social media over the past days, but astronomers ...

Contrary to online rumors, Earth still only has one true moon, but astronomers have discovered a so-called 'quasi-moon.' Here ...

Quasi-moons are not real moons and don't actually orbit the Earth, although they sometimes appear to do so for short periods of time, Phil Nicholson, professor of astronomy at Cornell University, told ...

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

The sky is filled with rare celestial treats this week. Want to spot some cool comets? Here's what to know about comets ...

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

Astronomers have spotted a quasi-moon near Earth — and the small space rock has likely been hanging out near our planet ...

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 ...

Earth has just acquired a new best friend in space – a small asteroid named 2025 PN7. Not quite a moon, it has been moving in ...

The studies have identified bright "transient" objects that appeared in photographs but were not present in photographs taken soon after.