This week, NASA released the first image from the Europa Clipper spacecraft's voyage. The image is a mosaic of a star field, created from three shots the solar-powered orbiter captured in December of ...
The call today is for binding rules to protect the orbits of Earth, Moon, and Mars from space debris contamination. Initiatives need to be formulated for effective, sustainable, and equitable ...
NASA’s Europa Clipper is well on its way to Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, set to arrive in 2030. While its science instruments ...
New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...
A French astrophotographer has captured a stunning photo of Venus and the moon shining above the Eiffel Tower in Paris, ...
An Apollo 16 astronaut has revealed why a family portrait has been sitting on the moon for over half a century ...
A tiny asteroid loitering in a near-Earth orbit for a few months last year may have an intriguing origin on our Moon. Its characteristics led scientists to ask: is it a chip off the old lunar block, ...
Oxygen isotope identity of the Earth and Moon with implications for the formation of the Moon and source of volatiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2024; 121 (52) DOI: 10.1073 ...
The prevailing theory had been that the moon was the result of a collision between early Earth and the protoplanet Theia. New measurements indicate that the moon formed from material ejected from ...
Two Saskatchewan artists hope to see their work rocket into space, and maybe all the way to the moon, as part of a project ... she wished to travel outside of Earth and experience the universe ...
Late on March 13 and in the early hours of March 14 this year, 13 percent of the world's population will fall in the path of a total eclipse of the moon, with the Earth totally blocking out the ...
The first full moon of the year, the Wolf Moon, will reach peak illumination at 5:27 p.m. ET on January 13 and remain visibly full through January 15, as confirmed by NASA. This moon derives its name ...