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Earth has a tiny new companion in its journey around the sun — at least for now. The new “mini-moon” is an…

<!– –> Yutu-2: the Chang’e-4 rover. (Courtesy: Chinese Lunar Exploration Program) China’s Chang’E-4 mission has given us the first detailed…

Tumbling through Earth’s increasingly crowded orbit are about 5,000 satellites, half a million pieces of human-made debris and only one…

TORONTO — A dinosaur-related puzzle that baffled scientists for more than half a century has been solved. The mystery dates…

Earth may have had a ‘mini-moon’ for three years that has only just been discovered, according to astronomers who spotted…

The subsurface stratigraphy seen by Yutu-2 radar on the far side of the moon. Credit: CLEP/CRAS/NAOC A little over a…

Foto: China National Space Administration China’s Yutu-2 rover, part of its Chang’e 4 lunar mission, rolls across the far side…

If you live in the Northern Hemisphere and you’ve got a clear sky Thursday, look to the southwest and you’ll…

Scientists have discovered an unusual species of parasite hiding the muscles of salmon. The tiny species, comprised of just ten…

In the skies above Earth, astronomers with the Catalina Sky Survey have spotted what might be a new friend: an…