A new simulation technology developed by the University of Bristol enables effective remote control of lunar robots for moon dust collection, supporting astronaut training and potentially reducing the ...

When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we call that an occultation. The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to ...

Shared on social media on Thursday, the image (top) shows Earth as a blaze of streaking light, an effect created by using ...

Frank Sinatra once sang, “Fly me to the moon,” but now anyone on Earth can ask “Which moon do you want to go to, Frank?” ...

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 ...

It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our ...

recently spotted a small asteroid that will temporarily orbit Earth during October and November, essentially becoming a mini moon. While that asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will come as close as about ...

NASA is tracking two asteroids passing near Earth soon ... move beyond the Moon’s orbit. Scientists look forward to studying its structure and composition. The second asteroid, 2007 UT3 ...

“I was shocked [and] was not expecting that to happen.” Male’s long tubelike mouth parts aren’t capable of piercing deeply enough to draw blood. But a scratch delivered by Rasgon’s cat, Jiji, allowed ...

The research is shedding new light on the early history of asteroid and comet impacts on the moon. Both the Earth and the moon have been bombarded by space objects since their formation, leaving ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) is making significant progress in its efforts to rendezvous with an asteroid that will ... of the distance between Earth and the moon, according to NASA.