The Hayabusa2 mission is facing a new challenge after observations showed the asteroid it is going to rendezvous with and ...

Our readers continue to grapple with this one, with the latest batch of answers giving a more hopeful response to any readers ...

This point is located on the extended line outside the Moon in the Earth-Moon system, where the gravitational forces of the Earth and the Moon reach a dynamic equilibrium with the centripetal force ...

It’s as if an invisible hand meticulously arranged the moon's rotation to deliberately conceal its far side from our view on ...

Today, Sept. 6, 2025, the moon is 14 days old and is in the Full Moon phase of its lunar cycle. It is 98% illuminated.

Two kinds of courage power ITER: the physics to confine a miniature star, and the patience to align parts the size of ...

The autumn night sky in Ireland is an observer's treasure-trove and the first celestial event of the season arrives on September 7 with a lunar eclipse and blood moon ...

As Earth moves through space, it wobbles slightly. A team of researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the University of Bonn has now succeeded in measuring these fluctuations in ...

Astronomers using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have confirmed the discovery of two rocky exoplanets orbiting a nearby K-type star, designated TOI-2322. The results, published on ...

Auburn Tigers head coach Hugh Freeze seems not to enjoy having shallow personnel– after all, he’s already famously bolstered his quarterback, receiver, and linebacker rooms. However, he’s confident in ...

Earth's rotation is randomly speeding up, and nobody is quite sure why. These speedups, which have occurred several times over the last few years, haven't had any effect on daily life, but they also ...

James O'Donoghue receives funding from the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). Earth will complete a rotation 1.33 milliseconds earlier than usual on Tuesday, August 5. That makes it ...