April’s pink “micromoon” will appear smaller than other full moons this year as it nears its farthest point from Earth in its ...

BEIJING -- China has successfully established the world's first three-satellite constellation based on the Distant Retrograde ...

When the dark side of the Moon is facing Earth we cannot see it; this is called a new moon. As the Moon starts to orbit Earth we can see more and more of the lit side. At various stages in its ...

When the dark side of the Moon is facing Earth we cannot see it; this is called a new moon. As the Moon starts to orbit Earth we can see more and more of the lit side. At various stages in its ...

Originally, the hypothesis was that Theia gave the Earth a glancing blow, and the proto-Earth and Theia lost pieces ending up as one or two moons that eventually formed the Moon. It was thought that a ...

Putting data centres in space – either in orbit around Earth, or on the Moon - the theory goes, means they can't do quite so ...

However, it won't be long before this weekend's record is going to be broken. Almost every year in the next 12 years will ...

An asteroid called 2020 CD3 was bound to Earth for several years before leaving the planet’s orbit in 2020 and another called 2022 NX1 became a mini-moon of Earth in 1981 and 2022 and will return ...

Historical context of GNSS in space. The latest historic chapter in GNSS for space users was launched, as one would expect, ...

Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our ...

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 ...