Chilling animations depict the apocalyptic impact that “city-killer” asteroid YR4 2024 could have if it did hit Earth — while ...

Aiming to be just the second ever commercial soft landing on the moon, the Blue Ghost mission has arrived in lunar orbit - and captured some incredible views.

Blue Ghost will spend the next 16 days in lunar orbit, if all goes to plan. It will conduct additional engine burns to circularize its path around Earth's nearest neighbor, then attempt a landing in ...

Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months ...

A new animation depicts that process with ... which pushes the moon outward and makes its orbit larger. That's why researchers look to the imprints of ancient ocean tides to determine how fast ...

This is called a new moon. As the Moon continues to orbit Earth we can see more and more of the lit side. At various stages in its orbit it is called a crescent moon, a quarter moon and a gibbous ...