A NASA-backed planetary defense group has reportedly begun efforts to pinpoint comet 3I/ATLAS after it was observed emitting ...
Quasi-moons are not real moons and don't actually orbit the Earth, although they sometimes appear to do so for short periods of time, Phil Nicholson, professor of astronomy at Cornell University, told ...
Archival data revealed that the object has been in an Earth-like orbit for around six decades. Some four million kilometers ...
Earth has reportedly gained a second moon, a small near-Earth object designated 2025 PN7, which is now classified as a quasi-satellite. This object wi ...
The clip was recorded by NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson while she was on a 7-hour spacewalk with fellow astronaut Shane Kimbrough.
The US space agency has shared its advice on viewing the Orionids - so take note. The meteor shower actually lasts from ...
Human evolution is a story writ slow. It’s been about 3.8 billion years since life on Earth emerged and steadily began to ...
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) often share breathtaking views of Earth, but one recent photograph ...
Unique to the Orionids, NASA notes, the meteors seen during this shower are particularly fast and bright. Furthermore, they ...
The meteors, per the American Meteor Society, are active annually from around Oct. 2 to Nov. 7 and can each streak up to ...