Earth, sun, moon: three objects in space whose interactions have a pretty big impact on our lives. Earth orbits the sun once ...

Of the five dwarf planets in the Solar System – including Eris, Ceres, Makemake, and Haumea – Pluto is easily the best-known ...

The "mini-moon" asteroid originates from the Arjuna asteroid belt, a secondary asteroid belt made of space rocks that follow an orbit around the sun that's very similar to Earth's orbit ...

With a bit of help from the sun, the “mini-moon” will hurtle back into space at about 9:43 a.m. Nov. 25. “Were it not for the gravity of the sun, it would remain in orbit around the Earth,” said Max ...

Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the largest carbon pool in terrestrial ecosystems, playing a vital role in climate regulation ...

According to the information from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Horizons system, 2024 PT5’s remains in Earth’s orbit will be brief. The capture began at 3 :54 p.m. EDT on September 29, 2024, and is ...

Dr. Shannon Schmoll, director of Michigan State University’s Abrams Planetarium, said an asteroid’s orbit must follow a similar one to Earth’s for this to happen. “There’s a lot of ...

Taking into account a phenomenon first identified by Sir Isaac Newton and later confirmed by Albert Einstein, researchers ...

In October 2022, the ISS also fired its thrusters for 5 minutes and 5 seconds to dodge a piece of debris from a Russian satellite. The U.S. has cataloged 19,000 pieces of space debris in Earth's orbit ...

Mini-moons like 2024 PT5 are small asteroids that Earth’s gravity grabs for a bit, letting them orbit our planet before they move on. These little guys usually travel around the sun like other ...

Uranus and Neptune are unique but superficially bland ice giants in our solar system. Planetary scientists have devised two ...