The Moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) farther away from the Earth every year. Scientists measure the distance to ...
The sun's gravity will pull the moon farther away from Earth than it's been in over five years on Nov. 19, though it'll be ...
2025 PN7 is a small, dim asteroid that appears to orbit Earth, according to EarthSky. Believed to be a piece of the moon that ...
From its first detection using an instrument designed in part by teams based in the Bay, to follow-up orbit analysis ...
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NASA probe captures stunning photos of Earth and moon on the way to infamous asteroid Apophis
NASA's OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft captured stunning new images as it whipped past Earth during a high-speed slingshot maneuver, ...
With more moon missions on the horizon, avoiding crowding and collisions will be a growing challenge
Interest in the moon has been high – just in the past two years there have been 12 attempts to send missions to the moon, ...
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Flashes on the moon: CU Boulder experts explain asteroid strikes and why they matter
“Impact flashes on the moon are very common,” University of Colorado Boulder astrophysical and planetary sciences professor Paul Hayne said. “In fact, they happen more or less every night, and it’s a ...
The asteroid, known as 2022 RD2, belongs to a rare class of space rocks called Arjunas. These objects travel around the sun ...
A private spacecraft carrying NASA instruments to the surface of the moon in preparation for astronauts to return in the years ahead has reached lunar orbit about a month into its spaceflight.
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The Lost Planet That Gave Birth to the Moon May Have Been Earth’s Next-Door Neighbor
About 4.5 billion years ago, Earth had a violent neighbor. A young, still-forming planet named Theia slammed into our world ...
About 4.5 billion years ago, a colossal impact between the young Earth and a mysterious planetary body called Theia changed everything—reshaping Earth, forming the Moon, and scattering clues across ...
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