The above 40-second video is sped-up footage of the new-found jets flashing briefly near the Sun’s south pole. In reality, the jets flash for around one minute, flinging charged particles at an ...

An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander caught haunting images of Earth as it prepares to make its way towards lunar orbit.

It’s almost on the other side of the sun from us right now, so it’s nearly at its maximum distance from Earth ... of that moon’s orbital motion. Saturn’s other moons orbit over its equator ...

The images were captured using NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), a 4MP CCD camera and telescope on the DSCOVR satellite ...

Both NASA and Firefly Aerospace say Blue Ghost remains healthy as it prepares to make for lunar orbit ... Earth eclipsing the sun as seen from the perspective of the lander while en route to the moon.

The goal was to find a name for one of ... that orbit planets and seem to behave like regular moons at first glance. In truth, however, a quasi-moon follows an orbit around the sun (like an ...

One day after the spacecraft launched into orbit, it began beaming data back to Earth, including a video captured from its top deck of Earth eclipsing the sun ... to enter the moon's orbit.

The researchers recommend the development of key technologies, followed by on-orbit testing. The moon being tidally locked to Earth results in extreme environmental conditions, with 14-day-long ...

THE moon is just a chunk of the Earth and not mainly part of an ancient planet as previously thought, scientists claim. Experts had believed our satellite was created when hypothetical body Theia ...

This marks a significant step in recognising the growing need to protect the legacy of human exploration beyond Earth. The inclusion of the Moon comes amidst rising concerns about the impact of ...