The zodiacal light shines in the evening as the Moon reaches Last Quarter and skims past Spica and Antares in the sky this ...

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YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying ...

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The Reusable Revolution Since the first satellites were put into orbit with Sputnik in 1957, to the 1969 Moon landing, the 1971 first space station, and the 2001 first space tourist, all access to ...

I recently saw a YouTube video by Hank Green discussing how important the Galilean moons are in our understanding of the solar system and the universe as a whole. The ...

A tiny Japanese satellite has shown that it can take the highest quality photos of the Earth in history. The suitcase-sized satellite sent back photos with a resolution of 2.5 meters.

Blue Ghost will spend the next 16 days in lunar orbit, if all goes to plan. It will conduct additional engine burns to circularize its path around Earth's nearest neighbor, then attempt a landing in ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander is now headed for the moon after firing its engines to send it out of Earth orbit.

Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months ...

The ship will spend a total of four days in transit, and after reaching the Moon it will park itself in orbit around the satellite for no less than 16 days. Only after these are up will the lander ...