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As of Tuesday, July 1, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent. 38% of the moon will be lit up and visible to us on Earth ...
Earth could be thrown off its orbit either into another planet or the sun, new research has warned. New research from Durham ...
The Tianwen 2 mission, which is China's first attempt to bring pristine asteroid samples back to Earth, was launched on May ...
Because Earth moves in an elliptical orbit around the sun, being further away means it travels slower along its orbit. This ...
To get a glimpse of the “Swift Planet,” EarthSky suggests waiting for the sun to set before looking west for ... in Milwaukee ...
China's Tianwen-2 probe has commenced its decade-long deep space mission, capturing a stunning image of Earth and the Moon ...
On Earth, depending on where you are, the analemma can be at different angles, though it always traces out this ...
The sun, Earth and the moon are aligned, but because the moon’s orbit is not exactly in the same plane as Earth’s orbit around the sun, they rarely form a perfect line. When they do, we have a lunar ...
YR4, initially considered a potential threat to Earth, is now more likely to hit the moon in 2032. The asteroid, about the size of a 10-story building, has a 4.3% chance of lunar impact, according to ...
The Earth and Moon orbit a point around 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles) from the center of the Earth, though this changes as the Moon moves further and further away from the Earth.
If our solar system seems stable, it's because our short lifespans make it seem that way. Earth revolves, night follows day, ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken another look at the potential "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 and found its chances ...