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The impact on the oceans if the Moon disappeared would be much smaller tides, about one-third the size of what they are now. Tides churn up material in the oceans, which allows coastal ecosystems to ...

Lunar Trailblazer's voyage to the Moon will take between four and seven months, de-pending on the day it launches. This orbital diagram shows the low-energy transfer trajectory of the NASA mission ...

Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty, will gain "maximum brilliance" at night on Valentine's Day across Kentucky skies ...

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These popular astronomy questions, answered by Astronomy magazine, will help you better understand our universe - and share ...

Because the Moon is over a quarter the diameter of Earth, the Earth-Moon system is often cited as the pairing in our Solar ...

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Explore Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, and discover its remarkable ancient ocean and ice-rich crust.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy, ...