Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide (13 m). Credit: Space.com | animation: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Steve ...

If asteroid 2024 YR4 hits the Moon, it could launch dust and small rocks into space, creating micrometeoroid debris in low Earth orbit.

Because the Earth is doing the work of increasing the Moon's momentum, the Earth's rotation slows down in turn, as its ...

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 ...

On April 15, 2018, an asteroid that is similar in size to the the one that caused a significant explosion that leveled 2,000 square kilometres (770 square miles) of forest in Siberia, flew by Earth.

The 2025 Solar Eclipse will occur on September 21. It will be a partial solar eclipse. Google has created a special surprise ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

NASA on Tuesday said it was on track to send astronauts to orbit the moon in early 2026, as the United States races China to ...

Artemis III is planned for 2027. If it stays on schedule, it will be the mission that puts humans back on the moon for the ...

In a preview of their flight, the crew of Artemis II, three Americans and a Canadian, struck a tone that veered away from the ...

NASA announced a launch date for first crewed flight to the moon since 1972. The Artemis II mission will circle the moon but ...

NASA announced the Artemis II mission to ferry astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, could launch earlier than expected.