July's full "Buck Moon" will be at its fullest on Thursday, July 10, and will be best seen at moonrise. It is the farthest ...

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China's Tianwen-2 probe has commenced its decade-long deep space mission, capturing a stunning image of Earth and the Moon ...

Watch the epic view of the moon and Earth captured by the Orion spacecraft ahead of its outbound powered flyby. Credit: NASA ...

The mission aims to collect samples from the near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3 and explore the main-belt comet 311P.

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There is currently a 4.3% chance that the giant space rock 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in seven years. If this does happen, ...

YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth ...

YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...

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In this week’s episode of Space Minds we bring you a special panel discussion on the future of commercial lunar exploration ...