Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide (13 m). Credit: Space.com | animation: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Steve ...

Asteroid 2022 FB2 flew about 93,000 miles away from Earth on March 28, 2022. It is approximately 49 feet wide (15 meters) according to NASA. Credit: Space.com | orbit animation: NASA/JPL-Caltech | pro ...

Because the Earth is doing the work of increasing the Moon's momentum, the Earth's rotation slows down in turn, as its ...

Tides come from a difference in gravity across an object. The force of gravity exerted by the Moon is about 4% stronger on the side of Earth that faces toward the Moon, compared to the opposite side ...

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases ...

Google is celebrating the start of the 2025-26 school year with a quadratic equation-themed Doodle. The formula is used in ...

Strange New Worlds finally re-canonised the planet in the first season, depicting the planet on a star chart, hovering in ...

The Jupiter environment promised during WWDC 2025 has finally shown up on Apple Vision Pro with the release candidate of ...

The 2025 Solar Eclipse will occur on September 21. It will be a partial solar eclipse. Google has created a special surprise ...

Viking consisted of two twin orbiters and landers, with experimental chambers in the landers to conduct three biology ...

La Quête du Temps isn’t just beautiful. It’s also an engine of innovation. Fifteen patents have been filed for its ...

Earth has a number of mini-moons and quasi-moons. Mini-moons are objects that orbit our planet. But they make for fickle fans: They tend to swing around Earth for only a matter of months. One example ...