On September 2, 2024, at 20:12 UTC, NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, commander of the SpaceX Crew-8…
Moon’s volcanoes were erupting only 120 million years ago
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | The lunar maria – once thought to be seas –…
Could Comets have Delivered the Building Blocks of Life to “Ocean Worlds” like Europa, Enceladus, and Titan too?
Throughout Earth’s history, the planet’s surface has been regularly impacted by comets, meteors, and the occasional…
There’s More Water Inside Planets Than We Thought
When you walk across your lawn or down the street, you move on the surface of…
Why Did Copernicus Reject Geocentrism?
Popular science history paints a picture of the Greek geocentric model dominating astronomical thought beginning around…
Videos of Asteroid 2024 RW1 breaking up over Luzon, Philippines
A newly-discovered asteroid, identified as 2024 RW1, entered Earth’s atmosphere over Luzon, Philippines, on September 5,…
China Will Launch its Mars Sample Return Mission in 2028
While NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission has experienced a setback, China is still moving forward with…
Debris produced by DART’s impact on Dimorphos could create Earth’s new meteor shower
A recent study shows that a plume of debris produced by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test…
Two astronauts are left behind in space as Boeing’s troubled capsule returns to Earth empty
The empty Boeing Starliner capsule sits at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, late Friday,…
Atlas 5 Centaur Rocket Body breaks up in orbit into a debris cloud of 40 plus objects
The body of the Atlas 5 Centaur rocket that delivered the GOES 17 satellite in 2018…