Computer simulations suggest that Mars' puzzling moons, Phobos and Deimos, may have been formed from debris created when a ...

After almost two months of companionship, Earth has just lost its “mini-moon.” On Monday, the asteroid dubbed 2024 PT5 was ...

The moon and Mars will fall in a rare conjunction tonight, the white waning gibbous and the rusty Red Planet making for a ...

On September 29, 2013, SpaceX performed the first supersonic retropropulsion (SRP) maneuver to decelerate the reentry of the ...

The moon and Mars will share a close approach tonight (Nov. 20) during a conjunction as the two visit the Cancer ...

Earth is parting company with an asteroid that's been tagging along as a “mini moon" for the past two months. The harmless ...

Earth is about to bid farewell to its temporary celestial companion as asteroid 2024 PT5 prepares to depart our orbit on ...

Earth is saying goodbye to an asteroid that has been a "mini-moon" of sorts since late September, when it joined the planet's ...

Astronomers used the Two-meter Twin Telescope to catch a "see-you-soon" image of the departing asteroid 2024 PT5.

Firming up plans to go to Mars would be fine, so long as it is not done at the expense of returning to the moon.

To uncover the truth about the origins of these moons, scientists are looking forward to the Mars Moons eXploration (MMX) ...

Phobos and Deimos have long been thought to be captured asteroids due to their small size and irregular, asteroid-like shapes ...