Our moon is a particularly unusual example of moons when it comes to planetary bodies. Though many other planets in the solar ...

A newly discovered house-size asteroid is set to make a close, yet harmless approach to Earth today (May 21), passing within ...

Between May 20 and 24, the moon, Saturn and Venus will meet in a mini 'planetary parade,' becoming visible in the northern ...

is due to pass closer to the Earth than the moon. ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS "Asteroids are "bits of a planet that didn't happen" that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter – the Main Asteroid ...

Seismic imaging has exposed two massive zones hidden deep in Earth’s mantle. These giant blobs, known as large low-velocity ...

We've even been asked if you could run solar cells during the long lunar night on reflected earthlight, so we decided to ...

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and the second half draws a line between planets and stars. By this definition, the Earth would be a planet — and so would the moon and Pluto. The IAU definition is the most widely accepted one ...

The newly discovered space rock, called asteroid 2025 KF, was spotted on Monday (May 19) by astronomers at the MAP project in ...

According to NASA, the planetary phenomenon will be clearest about 45 minutes before sunrise, low in the eastern sky and appearing near the moon. Venus and Saturn will be the easiest to spot — but for ...