Spacecraft watches lonely Earth and moon fade into the distance
The European Space Agency's Hera craft, en route to an asteroid, recently captured footage of our planet and the moon, set ...
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Hera asteroid probe 'waves goodbye' at Earth and moon from 2.3 million miles away (image)
DART's goal was to examine how well a planetary defense strategy in moving a threatening space rock away from Earth. Hera will examine the collision from a nearby vantage point, providing a different ...
The Icy Crust of Saturn’s Moon Titan Could Be Hiding Secrets to Our World and Life Beyond It
A new study suggests that the planet’s icy interior and liquid ocean could be insulated with a three-to-six-mile-thick layer ...
Moon waves goodbye to Hera
As ESA's Hera mission for planetary defense departed its homeworld, it looked back to Earth to show the moon orbiting around ...
New Study Explains How Saturn’s Moon Titan Could Be Home To Extraterrestrial Life
Scientists believe Saturn's largest moon, Titan, could be one of humanity's best bets to find some form of extraterrestrial ...
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See the moon snuggle up to Venus after sunset tonight
Monday evening (Nov. 4), the night before Election Day, will bring a lovely celestial display involving the two brightest ...
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India targets 2028 for Chandrayaan-4 sample-return mission to moon's south pole
Chandrayaan-4, which aims to collect roughly 6.6 pounds (3 kilograms) of lunar samples from a water-ice-rich area near the ...
The Bioceramic MoonSwatch MISSION TO EARTHPHASE Celebrates the Splendor of the Earth as Seen from the Moon
The Bioceramic MoonSwatch MISSION TO EARTHPHASE celebrates our two nearest celestial bodies, the Earth and the Moon. Swatch's ...
Asteroid Apophis Will Endure Quakes and Surface Shifts During 2029 Earth Flyby
A new study posits that our planet's gravity will cause seismic activity on Apophis when it makes its close approach in 2029.
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Earth's second moon, a mini-moon, will drift away in a few days and never return
On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.
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What if Earth "stole" the Moon from another planet?
Darren Williams and Michael Zugger, building on this observation, argue that the Moon could have originated from a binary system. This system, passing near the young Earth, would have been separated ...
Bus-Sized Asteroid to Pass Between Earth and Moon Next Week
"Asteroids and comets with a perihelion distance (closest to the Sun) less than 1.3 astronomical units (AU), or approximately ...