The next chance to observe PT5 is coming up this month when it lingers near Earth again. NASA has plans to track it with radar and undoubtedly others will be studying it to understand more about this ...

Oxygen isotope identity of the Earth and Moon with implications for the formation of the Moon and source of volatiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2024; 121 (52) DOI: 10.1073 ...

For several months, it has remained at a distance about nine times farther than the Moon, never coming close enough to be captured by Earth’s gravity. While not technically a “mini-moon,” its unique ...

The Moonhouse, the size of a big hand, was ready to hitch a ride to the moon on a lunar lander operated by the Japanese company ispace. It was set for transport on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket that ...

Today, January 15, 2025, more than a dozen Los Angeles pizzerias and restaurants are forming the LA Pizza Alliance to offer free pies to anyone impacted by the fires and frontline workers.

The moon is expected to turn an eerie blood-red above the skies of the U.S. in the coming months, due to a rare total lunar eclipse. Late on March 13 and in the early hours of March 14 this year ...

Two lunar landers built by private companies in the US and Japan have left Earth aboard a SpaceX rocket as part of a rideshare to the Moon. The Falcon 9 took off from the Kennedy Space Center in ...

Not one but two private firms each launched spacecraft to the Moon today — a sign of companies’ growing interest in lunar exploration, a risky enterprise long dominated by government agencies.

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Japanese space exploration company ispace is all set to launch its second lunar lander early Wednesday morning (Jan. 15), but what will the spacecraft carry with it to the moon? The ispace ...