Every now and then, the Earth finds itself with a new companion ... that the asteroid belt was the source of these temporary natural satellites. A new team has investigated whether the lunar ...

May’s full moon is the third, and final, in a succession of this year’s micromoons, which occurs when Earth’s natural satellite is at its greatest distance from Earth and appears smaller ...

Half a century later, we are still learning from that visit to Earth's only natural satellite. This week Chad Brummett sat down with Dr. Chip Shearer, Research Scientist at the Institute of ...

Gaze skyward on any spring and summer night and you’ll surely see what appears to be a star drifting slowly across the night sky. This is probably an ...

Minimoons are minor bodies temporarily held in Earth's gravity. In contrast to the Moon, which is a natural permanent satellite, minimoons have transient orbits—occasionally staying within the ...