The celestial object is more than just a guest staying over for a quick visit. It's here to stay, or at least until ...
Skygazers will soon be able to see the moon appear larger and brighter than normal for the last time until next year. The ...
17 harvest moon and the Aug. 19 sturgeon moon. A meteor shower is celestial event that happens when Earth passes through the ...
For nearly 40 years, scientists have generally agreed that Earth's Moon formed from debris after a massive collision with our ...
The European Space Agency's Hera mission is on its way toward Mars, where it will get a gravity assist before going on to its asteroid target.
Underneath the icy, rocky surface of asteroids – such as the 16 Psyche which is about 124 miles wide – there’s an estimated ...
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 ...
A new study suggests that the planet’s icy interior and liquid ocean could be insulated with a three-to-six-mile-thick layer ...
A new European Space Agency mission is set to study asteroid Apophis to learn more about how we can handle asteroid threats ...