A second moon orbiting a planet may seem like something out of a science fiction novel. But a second “moon” entered Earth’s orbit Sunday and will loop around the planet until late November. "In ...
Scientists have uncovered an extraordinary phenomenon: the Moon is rusting. This unexpected development is baffling because the Moon lacks the two essential ingredients for rust formation-water ...
Friday morning’s blood moon lunar eclipse appeared, from Earth, to turn the moon dark red. From the moon, the Earth appeared to block out the sun. The unique view was captured by Firefly’s ...
Light from a total lunar eclipse over Santa Monica, Calif., in 2021. (Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP) Tonight, stargazers are in for a celestial treat. A total lunar eclipse — also known as a "blood moon" — ...
Stargazers are in for a celestial spectacle this week with the year's largest supermoon, known as the Hunter's Moon, appearing in the night sky. This marks the third in a sequence of four ...
Firefly Aerospace's moon-bound spacecraft has provided the closest thing to a reflecting pool in space, showing Earth as an imposing monument, stacked on top of another Earth. The illusion is a ...
The Psyche spacecraft is on a six-year journey to reach a metal-rich asteroid by the same name. Well into its voyage, the probe looked back at its home planet and captured a rare view of Earth, ...
As an astronomer studying the universe beyond Earth, I’m fond of “outside the box” views almost by default. But one of my favorites is whenever a spacecraft takes a snapshot of our home world and ...
A robotic spacecraft has beamed home crisp videos and snapshots of Earth eclipsing the moon. Though lunar eclipses generally aren't that unusual — stargazers can watch Earth's shadow obscuring ...