This name reflects the quasi-moon's unique orbital path, embodying a celestial gateway between Earth and space." Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and ...

Experience an epic magnetic collision where the Earth, made of magnetic balls, and the Moon are drawn into a super-powerful black hole magnet. Watch as these celestial bodies are pulled into the ...

"Our GhostRiders captured the beauty of our home planet during another Earth orbit burn." Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander caught haunting images of Earth while preparing to make its way ...

By Becky Ferreira For a few months last fall, a school-bus-size space rock named 2024 PT5 gained fame as Earth’s new “mini-moon.” Astronomers rushed to study the object while it was still ...

When NASA sends a rover or other piece of technology to the moon, there is no guarantee it will work under lunar gravity—an object that weighs 100 pounds on Earth weighs just 16.5 pounds on the ...

A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit around the Sun, temporarily caught by Earth’s gravity ... moon that turned out to be an old rocket booster). The difference between ...

On those nights, the sun, Earth and moon will align so that the moon passes into the Earth's shadow, causing the lunar surface to appear as a deep shade of rusty-red during the more than hourlong ...

A striking orange-red full moon known as the snow moon will peak out from below the horizon this week. The second full moon of the winter, the snow moon will rise to illuminate evening skies for ...

Firefly Aerospace's moon-bound spacecraft has provided the closest thing to a reflecting pool in space, showing Earth as an imposing monument, stacked on top of another Earth. The illusion is a ...

Firefly Aerospace As the spacecraft travels between Earth and the moon, engineers on the ground are checking that all its payloads are working correctly. The payloads are 10 science and technology ...

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