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Last year in August, the number of moons orbiting Earth temporarily doubled, admittedly from the low starting point of "one", ...

Recent discoveries have challenged previous assumptions about the space near Earth, revealing a potential population of ...

Consider the dramatic visual and gravitational consequences if a large asteroid struck and fractured the Moon.

As the asteroid lines up for a planetary flyby in 2029, space agencies are coordinating to conduct some groundbreaking ...

"We're studying the leftover raw materials from the formation of the planets and trying to understand the history that made ...

Earth has only one natural satellite, the moon, which is relatively large compared to its parent planet. It orbits Earth at ...

Vesta has a number of characteristics working in its favor when it comes to its visibility in the night sky. For one, it ...

The discovery of 2024 PT5, a small, rocky body dubbed a "minimoon" during its discovery last year, hints at a hidden ...

Even the most ambitious part of NASA's current plans for human spaceflight involves visiting a celestial body we've already been to: the moon. Astronauts, space buffs and an unimpressed public hunger ...

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If you missed Earth's ' mini Moon ' last year, chances are you might be able to spot another asteroid today. The space rock ...