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After 50 years designing sports performance eyewear for athletes on Earth, Oakley has made its first steps into optical ...
A waning gibbous moon, by now rising late at night, will appear first, followed by the steady, golden glow of Saturn. They’ll ...
China’s Chang’e-6 mission has made lunar history by retrieving the first-ever samples from the Moon’s mysterious farside, ...
"It is incredible that modern telescopic surveys have the ability to detect such small objects up to millions of kilometers ...
Visiting Florida's Space Coast? Tourists may want to see a launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral, about ...
YR4 holds a 4 per cent chance of hitting the Moon. Discovered after it had already passed Earth, the asteroid's trajectory highlights the limitations of current Earth-based detection systems.
YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...
In an era where the geometry of power is tilting skyward, the nations with eyes in orbit will be the ones that define what comes next.
Not all full moons are created equal, and a great example of this is June's full moon, which you can check out this week. Also known as the strawberry moon, June's full moon will be one of the ...
The major lunar standstill The strawberry moon is part of what's called a major lunar standstill. This occurs once every 18.6 years when the moon's orbit aligns just right with the Earth's tilt.
Asteroid With 3.8% Chance of Hitting the Moon Originated From an Unusual Spot Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.