The images of the moon and Earth were taken on May 15, May 21, May 27 and June 2, capturing more than half of the moon's monthly orbit around our planet. Our 'Pale Blue Dot', seen from Mars! https ...

Before we discuss the possibility of a hidden moon it’s important to appreciate our Moon’s role in Earth’s cosmic ...

Scientists working for a NASA-funded project at the University of Arizona said that a possible "mini moon" is currently orbiting the Earth. Kacper Wierzchos of the Catalina Sky Survey tweeted this ...

The image of Danuri, which has been orbiting the moon since December 2022, is distorted because of the extremely fast relative velocities between it and the LRO — about 7,200 miles per hour. 3 ...

A chunk of the moon appears to be orbiting near Earth, ... Kamo`oalewa near the Earth-Moon system. (Image credit: ... even though its actual orbital partner is the sun.

However, after taking a closer look, it turns out the moon — which is actually just an asteroid named 2023 FW13 — is not orbiting the Earth at all. It’s actually orbiting the sun.

Of this, it was observed that one turned out to have a little moon orbiting it. According to NASA, on June 27, the asteroid 2011 UL21 passed Earth at a distance of 4.1 million miles (6.6 million ...

According to new reports, the newfound asteroid is actually an ancient companion of Earth’s, a quasi-moon that has been orbiting within our planet’s vicinity since at least 100 B.C.

The moon likely has a very small solid iron core. (Image credit: Karl Tate, SPACE.com) The moon's rocky mantle is about 825 miles (1,330 km) thick and made up of dense rocks rich in iron and ...

After orbiting the moon for just over a month, the Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) is now sending back breathtaking images of Earth's rocky neighbor — and our planet too.

South Korea’s first lunar probe has returned some striking images of Earth and the moon. The Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter began orbiting the moon in December after the Korea Aerospace ...

The Proba-3 spacecraft succeed at creating solar eclipses, kicking off a two-year mission to study the sun’s mysterious outer atmosphere, the corona.