Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months ...
Firefly Aerospace 's moon-bound spacecraft has provided the closest thing to a reflecting pool in space, showing Earth as an ...
On this day 35 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a picture that changed how we see our planet. The iconic "Pale ...
The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...
Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032.
A nearly 98 percent chance it won’t hit us is pretty good. Second, while that’s definitely a massive rock, it’s not like a ...
The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more observations are made.
Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is no matter where we are in the ...
Designed to operate in low Earth orbit at an altitude of approximately 613 kilometers, the satellite will provide detailed imagery with a resolution of less than one square meter. This capability is ...
The most powerful solar storm to impact Earth in decades caused the temporary formation of radiation belts around Earth, NASA recently announced. A NASA CubeSat satellite made the discovery, which ...
We're probably still safe from this space rock, but at the moment, the chances of having a very bad encounter in 2032 have ...
In May 2024, an epic solar storm rattled Earth so powerfully that its effects were felt even at the bottom of the ocean.