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 ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander caught haunting images of Earth while preparing to make its way towards lunar ...

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

On January 18, the team at Firefly carried out Blue Ghost’s first engine burn, firing up the lander’s thrusters and main ...

On Monday (Jan. 27), Texas-based Firefly released two photos of the moon that Blue Ghost captured from Earth orbit. One shows ...

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

Last year, astronomers on the hunt for potentially dangerous near-Earth asteroids ... the lunar surface. This could help scientists learn more about how craters are formed on the Moon.

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

Big missions in 2025 will study everything from water on the Moon to the transformation of our universe after the big bang ...

Two newly launched private moon landers have long roads ... The Ghost Riders in the Sky mission will last 60 Earth days from ...

The Moon meets the Red Planet’s rival in Scorpius, skims close to Saturn, and reaches New phase in the sky this week.

If the sky is clear, many Americans, depending on their location, should have a clear view of the total lunar eclipse from ...