The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a new moon orbiting Uranus. The moon, designated S/2025 U1, is ...

The moon is our nearest neighbor in space, at an average distance of about 238,000 miles. As it orbits our Earth every month or so, it appears to pass by stars and planets in our night sky … or, at ...

NASA is inviting the public to add their names to a historic lunar mission known as Artemis 2 that is due to launch between ...

Four astronauts are on the verge of becoming the first humans to venture near the moon in more than half a century since NASA's iconic Apollo era came to an end. As early as February, the crew of a ...

Earth has one true moon, but there are also several asteroids known as quasi-moons that are in orbit with the sun. A newly discovered asteroid, 2025 PN7, is the seventh confirmed quasi-moon that ...

Astronomers are testing a quieter way of searching for moons beyond the solar system, using careful measurements of motion ...

That would make it thousands of times more massive than any moon orbiting a solar system plane  — so massive it could make ...

Among other recent astronomical headlines, unusual online chatter is surrounding a "second moon" orbiting Earth, but the buzz doesn't describe the discovery quite right. Earth has only one true ...