Earth’s path around the Sun is not a fixed racetrack but a slowly shifting orbit, and those subtle changes have a long history of reshaping the planet’s climate. As astronomers refine how these ...

The discovery of a new celestial object in the Earth's neighborhood has created a buzz online asking whether the planet now has a second moon in its orbit. Any thoughts that Earth is now going to be ...

Astronomers have detected a massive object moving in a synchronized path behind Earth. Early measurements suggest it has been trailing the planet longer than previously assumed. Its trajectory does ...

The private Fram2 mission is launching later today, sending a crew of amateurs to an unprecedented polar orbit—a frontier never before explored by astronauts. Reading time 3 minutes Launching rockets ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The first humans to orbit over Earth's north and south poles are sending back images from their ...

At any given moment, more than 10,000 satellites are whizzing around the planet at roughly 17,000 miles per hour. This constellation of machinery is the technological backbone of modern life, making ...

A SpaceX spacecraft carrying four international astronauts is on a pioneering journey circling Earth over its poles after launching Monday night from Florida. Financed and led by cryptocurrency ...

Astronomers have spotted a quasi-moon near Earth — and the small space rock has likely been hanging out near our planet unseen by telescopes for about 60 years, according to new research. The newly ...