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The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as far as we know. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get visitors, most often in the form of (usually harmless) asteroids. Some even ...

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 ...

The United States finds itself in the middle of a new space race. This time, that race is multi-sided, with participation ...

Experiments on Earth indicate some common species of bacteria and fungi could survive for several days on the moon's surface, ...

The U.S. and China are in a sprint toward manned missions to the lunar surface by the end of this decade, with sights on 2029 ...

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 ...

Even if the Earth runs out of oil and gas, and a dense veil of smog plunges the world into darkness, we will still have ...

Did a missile slam into a meteor over China? China has been racing ahead in the field of space, and is also preparing its ...

This hasn't always been the case. If we take the current rate of recession and project it backwards, the Moon collides with ...