A tiny asteroid loitering in a near-Earth orbit for a few months last year may have an intriguing origin on our Moon. Its characteristics led scientists to ask: is it a chip off the old lunar block, ...

the moon orbits us at 238,900 miles, and at its closest point, or nearest neighbor Venus is 24 million miles from Earth. 2022 CE2 will zoom by at a speed of 13.26 km/s, about 29,661 mph ...

If you have family or friends in different countries, it might be a comfort to know that you are all looking up at the same moon. But it turns out that people in different countries aren't seeing ...

Oxygen isotope identity of the Earth and Moon with implications for the formation of the Moon and source of volatiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2024; 121 (52) DOI: 10.1073 ...

The prevailing theory had been that the moon was the result of a collision between early Earth and the protoplanet Theia. New measurements indicate that the moon formed from material ejected from ...

In January 2025, NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar is closely tracking asteroid 2024 PT5 during its nearest approach to Earth, a distance still five times farther than the Moon. First spotted in ...

Planned bans — such as in Australia — should be replaced with research and resources to educate parents and carers about the best ways to manage their children’s use of social media.

The landers are taking very different routes to the moon. Blue Ghost is expected to spend about 25 days in Earth orbit, giving Firefly engineers time to thoroughly check out the craft's ...

Late on March 13 and in the early hours of March 14 this year, 13 percent of the world's population will fall in the path of a total eclipse of the moon, with the Earth totally blocking out the ...

Ahead of the lunar lander is a 60-day mission to Earth's only natural satellite, where it will deploy a fleet of NASA's scientific instruments to study the moon's environment before humans return.

Instead, they are meant to help strengthen the United States government’s position that while no nation on Earth can claim sovereignty of the moon or other parts of the solar system under the ...

Firefly’s mission, named “Ghost Riders in the Sky,” will take 45 days to reach the Moon. For the first 25 days following launch, the Blue Ghost lander will orbit Earth before performing an ...