The leading explanation for all of these mysteries is known as the giant impact hypothesis. According to this story, when the ...

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Out past Neptune are countless small icy and rocky bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), and many of these have moons ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods forever. Researchers warn ...

In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...

Experiments suggest an unusual magnetic material could help harness energy from Earth’s rotation. But not everyone is ...

Black Moon Lilith is moving into Scorpio for the next nine months and we're preparing. Here's everything you need to know about the dark planet.

Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore departed the International Space Station (ISS) early on Tuesday morning and splashed down ...

the researchers found — which is in the same ballpark as the amount the Moon's pull slows the Earth's rotation over the same period. Subscribe to our daily newsletter to keep in touch with the ...

In the Americas alone more than one billion people in 35 countries could bear witness to the total lunar eclipse.

With a whopping total of 274 moons, researchers say Saturn’s tug of war with Jupiter for the title is settled once and for ...

The oddities don't stop there. The total angular momentum of Earth's spin, the moon's spin and the moon's orbit is very large — far higher than for any other terrestrial planet. So how did we ...