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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).
Have you ever wondered why we always see the same side of the Moon, no matter where we are on Earth? While the Moon appears ...
Astronomers witness first moments of planet formation as rock grains crystallize around distant star HOPS-315.
Bitcoin mining’s space race is to put a miner in space and on the moon. The idea is crazy, but Nick Moran of Intercosmic ...
Early risers will get a rare opportunity to see something extraordinary in the early hours of July 18 — the dark shadow of ...
The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Only 12 astronauts have walked on the moon. Discover who they are, which Apollo missions took them there, and when humans ...
Because Pluto is so dim, you need a telescope to see it. “A backyard telescope could do it under the right conditions,” says ...
Astronomers at the University of Maryland found that a surprising burst of rocky debris released during the DART mission ...
Skygazers have a lot to look forward to over the next month. A couple of dueling meteor showers will grace the skies later in ...
Researchers suspect that two meteorites found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 may originally have come from Mercury, which would ...
I knew I was alone,” he observed later, “in a way that no earthling has ever been before.” That quote is immortalized on a ...