"The temperature just wildly swings from extremely hot to extremely cold," John Monnier, a professor of astronomy at the ...

"We were definitely surprised by the 'kiss' part of kiss-and-capture. There hasn't really been a kind of impact before where ...

Earth spins as it orbits the Sun, and the solar system is orbiting the galactic center. So, if I go outside and look up, in ...

The Moon's relationship with Earth is crucial for stabilising our planet's axial tilt and influencing tides, but this still ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — Scientists have unveiled groundbreaking research on the origins of lunar water, offering insights that could reshape our understanding of the Earth-Moon system and the broader ...

The love story between Pluto and Charon may have started with a kiss. A new study suggests the dwarf planet and its scarcely smaller moon likely came together in a collision that saw them conjoined ...

29 at 7:36 a.m. EDT (1236 GMT). A new moon occurs when the moon is directly between Earth and the sun, with its shadowed side pointing towards us. You can see a new moon when it crosses the face ...

Some stargazers are calling it a planetary parade: Every other planet in our solar system can be seen in the sky tonight.

Our rocky satellite's real age is concealed by a "remelting" event that caused its surface to liquify, distorting the story ...

Planets that form very close to their sun would be extremely hot ... Application to Close-in Exoplanets and the Early Earth-Moon System, arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2412.07285 ...