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Epic Time-Lapse Of Artemis 1's Orion Spacecraft Capturing Earth and Moon

The Earth and moon are within view of NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft on Nov. 28. 2022. The Earth is over 260,000 miles ...
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Astronomers Say Earth Has a Newly Discovered ‘Quasi-Moon,’ a Companion That Shares Its Orbit Around the Sun

Researchers are discussing 2025 PN7, a small celestial body that's following a similar orbital path to our planet's without being gravitationally tied to Earth ...

The Moon is getting slightly farther away from the Earth each year − a physicist explains why

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases the size of the Moon’s orbit. This means that the Moon gets slightly farther ...

Something Very Tiny Is Following Earth Around the Sun

The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as far as we know. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get visitors, most often in the form of (usually harmless) asteroids. Some even ...