Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.
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We may finally know what causes Mars' gigantic, planet-wide dust storms
Mars' southern hemisphere absorbs a lot of the sun's energy during the Red Planet's spring, and that may be causing Mars' ...
New U.S. Postal Service stamps feature vivid images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope
New U.S. Postal Service stamps released last week feature images captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
There's more than just gravity at work in the solar system
Ever since Isaac Newton famously talked about gravity, its dominance as a force in our solar system has been well known. It's ...
Hubble’s Supernova Snap: A Window Into the Expanding Universe
A Distant Supernova Discovery This latest image from the Hubble Space Telescope features a distant galaxy located about 600 ...
NASA Tracking Bus-Size Asteroid Approaching Earth at 30,000 Mph
BS4 may be anywhere between 17 and 40 feet across, and will approach at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon.
Study Reveals Earth's Small Asteroid Likely Originated from the Moon
NASA suggests asteroid 2024 PT5 might be a fragment of lunar rock Observations show a composition matching Moon samples, not asteroids Rare lunar-origin asteroids offer new insights for space explorat ...
American Space Museum honors fallen NASA astronauts during Titusville remembrance ceremony
Astronaut Memorial Ceremony took place Sunday to honor the 17 NASA crew members lost in the Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia ...
Gorgeous James Webb Space Telescope images land on new U.S. stamps
The U.S. Postal Service has issued a new set of stamps celebrating the James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful space ...