Just kidding, of course—wishing you a happy birthday, [bro/sis]! 91. We were born siblings ... I would say I love you to the moon and back, but that’s pretty far—how about to the mailbox ...

What is the moon phase today? Today, Oct. 11, 2024, the moon is 9 days old and is in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 57% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in ...

For the first time, NASA is journeying to this mysterious moon to determine if it might be able to host alien life. NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft (illustrated here with Jupiter in the ...

The moon will get a companion this week as an asteroid around the length of a double-decker bus enters Earth's orbit. The temporary guest, called 2024 PT5, should arrive on 29 September and is ...

Everything we thought we knew about the moon's origins may be wrong, new research suggests. Ever since we landed the first humans on the moon, scientists have thought that our lone lunar companion ...

There's a new moon on the horizon. The Earth will gain a second, mini-moon on Sept. 29, but it won't stick around too long, USA TODAY reports. The asteroid 2024 PT5 is expected to escape Earth's ...

Earth will capture a miniature, "second moon" this week, according to NASA scientists. The new moon is actually a tiny asteroid dubbed 2024 PT5. It will start orbiting the planet in a horseshoe ...

Meet asteroid 2024 PT5, Earth’s latest mini-moon. “It is pretty cool,” Federica Spoto, an asteroid dynamics researcher at the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard and Smithsonian, tells Robin ...

Get ready for a cosmic surprise this autumn - Earth is about to get a second moon, according to scientists. A small asteroid is going to be captured by Earth’s gravitational pull and temporarily ...

The sky will have a new cosmic visitor this fall: A second moon will drift into Earth’s orbit. Asteroid 2024 PT5 is poised to become a temporary mini moon of Earth, a phenomenon that will last ...