For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is ...

On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.

Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids.

The biggest problem NASA will have to tackle is best explained by Einstein's theories of relativity. Basically, 1 second on Earth is slightly faster than 1 second on the moon, due to differences ...

Starship is intended to eventually evolve into a fully reusable launch and landing system, designed for trips to the moon, ...

The dark skies during a new moon ... to Earth's orbit around the sun, it doesn't block out the sun on every orbit, hence why not every new moon results in a solar eclipse, according to NASA.

NASA is preparing to launch a floating space station built to orbit around the Moon. The Lunar Gateway is meant to act as a space home and science lab – and serve as a base for astronauts to make ...

Experts around the world have marvelled at how little Indian Space Research Organisation’s (Isro) Moon, Mars and solar ...

Scientists believe the ... according to NASA. Throughout the mission, the spacecraft must fly through one of the "most punishing radiation environments in our solar system -- second only to ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft launched ... With a diameter of about 1,940 miles, Europa is roughly 10% smaller than Earth's moon. Europa is a cold moon, with surface temperatures ranging ...

The Trump and Musk alliance could speed up the next human moon landing and Starship's first mission to Mars.

A second, shorter engine burn positioned Clipper on a trajectory to exit Earth ... challenge for NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft. Surviving the high radiation of the icy moon will be even ...