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 ...
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The Earth eclipses the moon in this time-lapsed view from Firefly's Blue Ghost moon lander. Credit: Firefly Aerospace ...
Did a missile slam into a meteor over China? China has been racing ahead in the field of space, and is also preparing its ...
Bake them, freeze them, fire them from a gun or blast them into space: tardigrades can survive almost anything. Some experts ...
So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases ...
A few nights ago, while taking a walk, I looked up and saw the Moon particularly round, with a few wispy clouds drifting nearby. Suddenly, a silly thought popped into my head—what if the Moon suddenly ...
On Sept. 14, 1959, the Soviet probe Luna 2 -- known informally as Lunik 2 -- became the first Earth-launched space vehicle to ...
The fatal stabbing of a young woman on a Charlotte light rail train highlights the challenges of keeping public transportation riders safe on vast, crowded and wide-open systems that fuel urban life.