The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

An excerpt from Tim Greiving's new biography on John Williams examines the composer's impact on NBA star Kobe Bryant.

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

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

When it comes to space, most of us only experience the cosmos at the cinema - whether it’s watching Sandra Bullock hurtle ...

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

Sometimes, it feels like the '80s and '90s were a bizarre dream you had after watching too much late-night TV. If you’re part ...

On September 14, 2015, a signal arrived on Earth, carrying information about a pair of remote black holes that had spiraled ...