When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our ...

The recently spotted asteroid 2025 PN7 appears to be the source of the rumor mill about Earth's supposed second moon. Earth has several quasi-moons that get their name due to the fact that they ...

What is “down” in the vastness of space? Scientists reveal how gravity, cosmic planes, and perspective redefine direction, ...

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 ...

Earth’s atmosphere is slowly leaking into space, and new research shows some of it reaches the Moon, where it may be ...

Earth’s history stretches back more than four billion years beginning as a ball of fire and evolving into the planet that ...

Earthshine is sunlight that bounces off Earth, travels to the Moon, and then reflects back to our eyes. The Moon essentially ...