In March, NASA researchers employed a new camera system to capture data imagery of the interaction between Firefly Aerospace ...
"During the early solar system's game of cosmic billiards, Earth was struck by a neighbor,” said Dauphas. “It was a lucky shot. Without the moon's steadying influence on our planet's tilt, the climate ...
It’s been more than half a century since humans last walked on the Moon, but we’re on the verge of doing so again.
Whether it’s under the stars on the Main Green, from smudged dorm windows or through open sunroofs, we see the moon nearly every night. But a new study by Brown researchers suggests that we know less ...
"This supports the theory that a planet collided with early Earth and the high-energy impact resulted in the formation of the moon." Some of Earth's oldest rocks buried deep in Western Australia may ...
A team of researchers from multiple institutions, including the University of Central Florida, is studying “Damhán Alla”—a ...
The moon is much older than we thought, according to a new analysis conducted by researchers from the United States, France, and Germany. It is possible that Earth's companion formed as early as 4.53 ...
NASA’s Artemis campaign advances with its most sophisticated vacuum chamber testing, aiming to safeguard upcoming Moon ...
The moon's heavily cratered surface serves as a testament to how Earth's closest celestial neighbor has become a figurative magnet for space rocks during its 4.5 billion-year history. One of the best ...
The claim, which didn't cite when or where NASA supposedly admitted this, came from a frequent purveyor of misinformation.
Little is known about the long-destroyed moon-forming planet, Theia. But it may have been born in the inner solar system—just like Earth—a new study suggests ...