PHOENIX — Instead of aiming for the moon, NASA’s looking for an asteroid. If lawmakers approve a proposed mission, an unmanned spacecraft will capture a small asteroid and put in in the moon’s orbit ...
Recent scientific research has unearthed an intriguing proposition that Earth may have once been orbited by two moons instead ...
Two new moons have been discovered orbiting Jupiter, bringing the total number of natural satellites orbiting the gas giant to 97. The first moons of Jupiter were discovered in 1610 CE, after Galileo ...
On a cosmic level, asteroids passing in relative proximity to our planet are not uncommon – after all, there are over 20,000 near-Earth objects out there that we know of. But every now and then, some ...
Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics. Two new moons have been discovered ...