Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander caught haunting images of Earth while preparing to make its way towards lunar orbit. Blue Ghost launched on the "Ghost Riders in the Sky" mission on Jan ...

A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit around the Sun, temporarily caught by Earth’s gravity to become a far away mini-moon. A closer look at the space rock reveals a rather ...

The goal was to find a name for one of Earth's seven ... are "moons" that orbit planets and seem to behave like regular moons at first glance. In truth, however, a quasi-moon follows an orbit ...

"This is a story about the moon as told by asteroid scientists." Earth's distant rocky companion ... including the extent to which its orbit is perturbed by solar radiation. That allowed the ...

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This name reflects the quasi-moon's unique orbital path, embodying a celestial gateway between Earth and space." The pink dot represents Zoozve's orbit around Venus, shown as a green shot ...

The research, conducted by scientists from the University of Göttingen and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, suggests the moon originated mainly from Earth's mantle. Analysing ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private U.S. spacecraft bound for the moon has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its flight. Still circling Earth, Firefly Aerospace’s lunar lander ...

A private U.S. spacecraft bound for the moon has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its flight.Still circling Earth, Firefly Aerospace’s lunar lander fired its thrusters Thursday to ...