A huge rock orbiting near Earth appears to have originated from the moon, the second such object known to exist, with maybe more than a dozen awaiting discovery. The asteroid, called 2024 PT5 ...

A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely referred to as a "mini-moon." Turns out the lunar-inspired ... The discovery of 2024 PT5 makes it the second space rock ...

The second full moon of winter — February’s Snow Moon — will rise on Wednesday, Feb. 12, illuminating evening skies as it ascends in the east during dusk. As it appears on the horizon ...

Resilience, which weighs about 750 pounds, was deployed 21 minutes later, after the Falcon 9 carried out a final second ... the moon. Blue Ghost is expected to spend about 25 days in Earth orbit ...

THE moon is just a chunk of the Earth and not mainly part of an ancient planet as previously thought, scientists claim. Experts had believed our satellite was created when hypothetical body Theia ...

Artemis 1 was an uncrewed mission that sent NASA’s Orion capsule around the moon and back to Earth without landing ... The space mission is the company’s second moon landing attempt; the ...

Oxygen isotope identity of the Earth and Moon with implications for the formation of the Moon and source of volatiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2024; 121 (52) DOI: 10.1073 ...

The next new moon will occur on Thursday, Feb. 27 at 7:45 p.m. EDT (00:45 on Feb. 28). A new moon occurs when the moon is directly between Earth and ... as per the second definition of the third ...