The mission aims to collect samples from the near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3 and explore the main-belt comet 311P.

NASA is preparing astronauts for their return to the Moon - and they’ve brought a piece of the Moon to Earth to do it. Using ...

Among the many visible effects of the moon's moving away from our planet, research shows that in 200 million years, days will be 25 hours long on Earth, rather than 24.

Every year, the Moon drifts further away from the Earth. According to a post on The Conversation, the Moon drifts away from our planet at a rate of 3.8 centimeters a year.At that rate, in 100 ...

If successful on Artemis II, the tech could beam 4K video and rich data back to Earth at record speed, proving deep-space ...

Planet Earth and a large asteroid in space. Earth's second moon is leaving just before the holidays and will fly by again in January before heading out into space until 2055.

Viewing the Moon through binoculars, the red planet appeared just above several large partially shadowed craters at the edge of the Moon's curved limb. I quickly snapped dozens of photos with my ...

Let's say we want to build a model of the sun and Earth alone. Earth has a radius of about 6,371 kilometers (3,959 miles), but let's represent this with a marble 1 centimeter in diameter.