In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...

We could experience a rock market crash. Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. The latest casualty came this week after Intuitive Machines put another lander sideways on the ...

While making the deliveries, the Blue Ghost lander experienced one lunar day. During the course of that day, it captured ...

However, an impact on the moon cannot be ruled out ... so properly aligned Alindas get a chance to hit Earth about that often. Near passes of these asteroids tend to happen spaced by longer ...

There was an opportunity Thursday night to catch the March 2025 "Blood Moon," a phenomenon that colors the full moon in ...

Illustration of a stage in the formation of the Earth-moon system. The Earth had recently formed (4,600 million years ago) when it was struck by a large protoplanet, sometimes dubbed Theia ...

Earth is the only rocky planet in the solar system with a significant moon. And the moon really is significant: It's roughly 1.2% the mass of Earth. That may not be big in an absolute sense ...

One of the most fascinating astronomical phenomena is the blood moon, an event that occurs during a total lunar eclipse when the Moon takes on a reddish hue. This celestial spectac ...

Zacny said. Brian Walsh’s experiment on Blue Ghost did not look at the moon but back at Earth. “It’s a really good vantage point,” said Dr. Walsh, a professor of mechanical engineering at ...

In a video from The Associated Press, Jackie Faherty from the American Museum of Natural History explains that a total lunar eclipse is when the sun, Earth and moon are all perfectly aligned with the ...