An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an ...

But surprisingly, the object’s orbit around the sun is similar to Earth’s ... altered by a very close approach with the Earth-Moon system, and then recede away from us on the ‘outside ...

A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...

What is the moon phase today? Today, Feb. 3, 2025, the moon is 5 days old, in the waxing crescent phase of its lunar cycle. It is 32% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...

27 at 7:45 p.m. EDT (00:45 on Feb. 28). A new moon occurs when the moon is directly between Earth and the sun, with its shadowed side pointing towards us. You can see a new moon when it crosses ...

Both systems include a moon that is a large fraction of the ... 11, 2024 — Like the Earth, the Sun likely has swirling polar vortices, according to new research. But unlike on Earth, the ...

The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.

Stargazers will be treated to a dazzling six-planet "alignment" this January.