Earth will soon have a new mini-moon in September — but only briefly
2024 PT5 will be a temporary visitor, arriving in September and flying off again in November.
Tag: orbit
CAPSTONE paves the way: NASA’s tiny satellite reaches the Moon to test orbit for future space station
A lot is riding on this 55-pound machine.
Earth could have actually been more habitable
If Jupiter had more tilt, life on Earth could have possibly had more life.
A new approach to cleaning space junk is being tested in space right now
It's not meant to remove what's already there, but to stop new trash from piling up.
Venus might be a hellscape today because of Jupiter
The bigger they are the… harder they mess up Venus, I guess.
NASA cancels maneuver to get Juno closer to Jupiter due to faulty fuel valves — but that’s not bad news
Named after a capricious goddess, Juno lives up to her name.
First artwork to be made in space is now orbiting above all our heads
"A laugh star floating in space, above all our heads, is my attempt to create a contemporary metaphor for the ...
A new model to explain the Moon’s weird orbit suggests a much more violent genesis
It doesn't answer everything -- but it's a good point to start from.
Too big to orbit: Jupiter is so massive it doesn’t actually orbit the Sun
They actually take one another for a spin.
NASA’s Juno spacecraft sends back first color image of Jupiter from orbit
The image captures the gas giant and its surroundings in amazing detail.
New class of star-stripped super-Earths discovered
Astrophysicists have discovered a new class of exoplanets whose atmospheres and volatile elements have been blown away by the star ...
Water detected in a planet outside our solar system
Astronomers have recently discovered water in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system, using a novel technique - ...
Extrasolar hot Jupiter sheds some light on our own solar system
Since 1995, over 500 planets that don't orbit our Sun have been discovered, with the numbers increasing more and more ...
Messenger succesfully enters Mercury orbit
As reported earlier on Thursday morning, the Messenger NASA spacecraft was scheduled for an evening jump into Mercury's orbit through ...
Space Shuttle Discovery heads home after final mission
When launched in 1984, Discovery was top notch; it was the best available around, and only the third operational orbiter; ...
