Remember the 'mini-moon' last year? Study finds it was likely just a chunk of the actual moon
A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...
Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an ...
Smart Cinema: Science Movies That Got the Facts Spot-On
Anyone could make a mistake in thinking that the “fiction” bit of science fiction absolves the genre of any responsibility to ...
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Blue Ghost moon lander sees Earth as a 'blue marble' from orbit (photo)
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander caught haunting images of Earth while preparing to make its way towards lunar ...
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Saturn’s Rings Are Disappearing—But They’ll Be Back
Saturn’s rings, imaged here by NASA’s Cassini orbiter, are one of the solar system’s most reliably spectacular sights. But ...
NASA photographs the rare occurrence of the moon crossing the face of the Earth from a million miles away
The images were captured using NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), a 4MP CCD camera and telescope on the DSCOVR ...
Airplane-Size Asteroid 2024 BJ Flies Closer Than The Moon In Orbit Animation
BJ's closest approach to Earth will be about 220,000 miles (354,000 kilometers) way. The space rock is ~68 feet (21 meters) ...
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Valorant map pool: All maps in the competitive rotation (January 2025)
On November 22, 2024, Riot Games announced adjustments to the map pool for patch 10.0. The updated map rotation took effect when patch 10.0 was released on January 8, 2025. Ascent is considered a ...
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What Is Low Earth Orbit? A Basic Explainer
More objects are being launched into space than ever, and most are headed for low Earth orbit. This region of space has become increasingly crowded with launches from SpaceX and others that have ...
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Astronomers have for decades tried to figure out how Pluto captured its largest moon. Now, there’s a new theory
The impact sent molten debris from Earth flying into space, which eventually came together in orbit around our world and cooled to form the moon. But these theories didn’t account for the fact ...
Astronomers have for decades tried to figure out how Pluto captured its largest moon. Now, there’s a new theory
Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a subsurface ocean on the icy dwarf planet.