The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

Because the Moon is over a quarter the diameter of Earth, the Earth-Moon system is often cited as the pairing in our Solar ...

The four planet-strong "planet parade" currently visible to the naked eye in the night sky for a short time after sunset will ...

The Moon will pass into Earth's shadow and appear to turn red on the night of March 13 or early in the morning of March 14, depending on ...

The Moon will pass into Earth’s shadow and appear to turn red on the night of March 13 or early in the morning of March 14, depending on time zone. Here’s what you need to know about the total lunar ...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander, built by the Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace for NASA, launched to space on Jan. 15, and ...

What is the moon phase today? Today, Feb. 13, 2025, the moon is 15 days old and is in the Full Moon phase of its lunar cycle. It is 99% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...

A small space rock that lingered near Earth last year and was referred to as its temporary “mini-moon” may actually ... the object’s orbit around the sun is similar to Earth’s, suggesting ...

The company plans to capture HD imagery of a total lunar eclipse from the moon when Earth will move directly between our neighbor and the sun as it travels along its orbital path. On Earth ...

Only when the moon, Earth and the sun are perfectly aligned is the moon 100% full. And sometimes — once in a blue moon — the moon is full twice in a month (or four times in a season ...

Private space company Firefly is guiding its Blue Ghost lander through space to attempt its first moon landing March ... majestic moment when Earth eclipsed the sun. "Right now, we are in a ...