Jan. 7, 2025 — A researcher has used advanced models that indicate that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of the Earth-Moon system. Both systems include a moon that is a large ...

Pluto-Charon Formation Scenario Mimics Earth-Moon System Jan. 7, 2025 — A researcher has used advanced models that indicate ... 2024 — Stars similar to the Sun produce a gigantic outburst ...

En route to land on the moon, a spacecraft snapped views of Earth eclipsing the sun. The Blue Ghost lunar lander, built by the Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace for NASA, launched to space on Jan.

A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the mystery of why no ringed moons exist today.

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched ... ecliptic — the plane of the solar system, along which we see the Sun, Moon, and planets appear to move ...

Beyond that, the Earth was so very different that there simply isn't enough evidence to gather. So, instead, we must rely on computational models and our understanding of dynamics. We know that ...

En route to land on the moon ... Now in Earth's orbit, the robotic craft has opportunities to capture poignant solar system imagery. "Witness Earth eclipsing the Sun from Blue Ghost's top deck ...