In 2020, scientists reported the detection of hematite, an iron oxide mineral otherwise known as rust, distributed through ...
The Moon is rusting — and it’s Earth’s fault. Scientists have found that oxygen particles blown from Earth to the Moon can ...
The researcher tested that idea in the laboratory, with the help of an Earth wind simulation. They accelerated hydrogen and ...
Earth is the only planet in our solar system with a single moon, making it a rare phenomenon for a planet of its kind.
A team of researchers has put forth the idea of launching nuclear bombs at asteroid 2024 YR4 with a chance of hitting the moon in 2032.
Earth has a newly discovered—albeit temporary—companion in its journey around the sun. In research published this month in ...
As it spins around Earth, the moon is about to reach its closest point to the blue planet.
With an asteroid threatening impact with the moon in 2032, NASA explores all possible avenues to avert catastrophe—even ...
An asteroid has a slight chance of hitting the moon in 2032. Here's what to know about 2024 YR4 and a way to stop that.
The newly discovered asteroid is expected to tag along on the Earth's path around the sun for another 60 years.
NOAA's GOES-19 satellite may have captured the first natural solar eclipse from space, with the moon's odd path explained by a spacecraft maneuver.