Sometimes, it's hard to remember that Earth is constantly being bombarded by literally tons of space debris daily. The larger ...

Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a ...

Upon landing on the moon's surface, the instrument will power ... wind that launches constantly from the sun. When radiation hits Earth's magnetosphere, it either gets reflected or trapped along ...

Since New Horizons' close encounter with Pluto 10 years ago, experts have come to think of the dwarf planet as much more ...

The Moon is the Earth's natural satellite and throughout the year it presents variations in its state according to its ...

Sometimes, it's hard to remember that Earth is constantly being bombarded ... about potential impactors by watching them hit the far side of the moon? The mission, known as the Lunar Meteoroid ...

“Our data suggest that the moon inherited water tracing back to Earth’s formation, followed by later contributions from comets, delivering the water reservoirs we see today.” Astronomers once thought ...

While a full moon refers to the moon phase when the moon's Earth-facing side is fully illuminated by sunlight, a new moon refers to the moon phase when the moon's Earth-facing side is fully in shadow.