Intentionally hitting an asteroid's moon allows for a lasting change in the primary asteroid's orbit around the Sun. This is one of the results from the experiment conducted by NASA's DART mission.

Astronomers say the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket that launched in early 2025 will strike the Moon later this summer, likely on the near side of the Moon. Bill Gray, who writes the widely used ...

A Falcon 9 upper stage has been stuck in a highly elliptical Earth orbit for over a year—and now it's on a collision course with the Moon.

The Moon is often described as a pristine, silent world. No rain, no wind, no atmosphere to speak of. What that also means, in a very practical sense, is that nothing up there rusts, erodes, or gets ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A SpaceX Flacon9 rocket seen launching to orbit - Kevin Carter/Getty Images The upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to ...

The upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to impact the Moon at over seven times the speed of sound in August this year. The object has been tracked by noted astronomer Bill Gray, who ...