it orbits the sun, just like the Earth does," Fisher said. "However, its orbit is fairly close to Earth's, and this just happened to be a time where the little moon — sometimes also called a ...

A description of why and how the shape of the Moon appears to change when seen from the Earth. The Moon is lit by the Sun. Half of the Moon is lit and half is dark. When the dark side of the Moon ...

Scientists call such phenomena mini-moons. The asteroid was found by a group called ATLAS, which stands for Asteroid ...

DART's goal was to examine how well a planetary defense strategy in moving a threatening space rock away from Earth. Hera will examine the collision from a nearby vantage point, providing a different ...

Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids.

Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under sunlight. Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth ...

The sun needs to be on the opposite side of our planet ... We don't get one every single month thanks to a quirk in the moon's orbit that allows it to dodge Earth's shadow. A total lunar eclipse ...

Earth will soon have a visitor – and not of the extraterrestrial kind. Astronomers found a small asteroid that will orbit our planet this fall, becoming a "mini-moon" temporarily. Earth only has ...

Scientists have developed a new method to compute how tides affect the interiors of planets and moons. Importantly, the new ...

The half of the Moon facing the Sun gets illuminated and the other half ... As the Moon continues to orbit Earth we can see more and more of the lit side. At various stages in its orbit it is ...