NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory described the complicated maneuver that will get the Trailblazer in a position to reach ...

Deflection efforts “might not be able to stop 2024 YR4,” cautioned Robin George Andrews, a London volcanologist and author, ...

The one silver lining is that Dr. Rankin’s forecast is slightly less dire than current estimates, which assert that YR4 has a 2.3 per cent chance of hitting our planet, putting it at the top of NASA’s ...

On its own, 24 kWh doesn't seem like a lot of power. The problem is that we will need a lot of kilograms. The researchers ...

The close encounter was "a historic first of its type for a Japanese private, commercial lunar lander," according to ispace. It gave Resilience a fuel-saving gravity assist, changing the lander's ...

Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months ...

And, without gravity, we'd all float! Hmmmm… You're right! The force of gravity is weaker on the Moon than on the Earth, so here you can jump much higher! Gravity also acts between the Moon and ...

Looking up at the moon in the night sky, it’s difficult to grasp just how dramatic the topography of its surface really is.

Meet Grace, the brave hopper robot that’s designed to jump into the darkest depths of the Moon, providing never-before-seen ...

At Chiba University’s Matsudo Campus, a small room at the back of a laboratory differs in temperature and humidity from the ...

In an attempt to save fuel, the mission's leaders decided to use a low-energy transfer technique, which uses the gravity of the Sun, our planet, and the Moon to allow the satellite to reach the ...

Seattle satirist Maria Semple’s breakthrough novel is a flurry of contemporary, epistolary wit. Passive aggressive e-mail ...