A temporary “mini-moon” will whirl around Earth for about two months as our planet’s gravity captures a small asteroid in its orbit.

Check these five spectacular NASA images from space posted on their Instagram handle, which keeps us updated with all the ...

The Earth is getting a second 'mini-moon' later this month, but it'll only last from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, researchers say.

We know Mars once had an active geological past, filled with water, volcanic activity, and dynamic geological changes. Now, ...

The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about ...

Europe's Mars Sample Fetch Rover showcased its sample-picking skills in field tests for the first time this month.

As with so many things in the fickle world of spaceflight, NASA already had a contingency plan in place for this exact ...

NASA researchers affiliated with The Catholic University of America in Washington are part of an international team that has ...

Though the mini-moon will only be in Earth’s orbit for about two months, it’ll stay close to the planet for a few months, ...

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a photo of Earth and the moon. It was the first time both the Earth and the moon were captured in a single frame. At the time, Voyager 1 was more than 7 million miles ...

R esearchers looking for objects in the Kuiper Belt – the donut-shaped region beyond the orbit of Neptune containing icy ...

Some of the most dramatic climatic events in our planet's history are 'Snowball Earth' events that happened hundreds of millions of years ago, when almost the entire planet was encased in ice up to 0.