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Bus-size asteroid flew closer than the moon - watch the orbit animation

Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide (13 m). Credit: Space.com | animation: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Steve ...

Two Spacecraft Are Creating Fake 5-Hour Solar Eclipses—And Revealing A Faster Solar Wind

ESA’s Proba-3 mission flies two spacecraft in formation to create artificial solar eclipses lasting up to five hours, giving ...
New Scientist

What changes will occur on Earth as the moon moves further away? part 2

What changes will occur on Earth as the moon moves further away from us? (continued) ...

Uranus's unusual rotation makes its bow shock expand and contract each day

Within our solar system, Uranus is a geometric oddball. Its spin axis tilts more than 90° from its orbit, so it essentially ...
Forbes

Why Sunday May Now Be The Shortest Day Of The Year As Earth Slows Down

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The latest mid-July predictions from IERS suggest the ...
IFLScience

Falcon 9 Rocket Stage "Abandoned" In High-Earth Orbit Is About To Slam Into The Moon, With The Energy Of 11.8 Gigajoules

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
News 13

Orion does special burn of engines to take crew to the moon

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — The Artemis II crew performed a special burn of the Orion capsule on Thursday evening. This critical burn is the last step to sending the four astronauts on a flyby of the moon.

1st three-headed asteroid found in our solar system — and it has a little moon

However, new joint observations by the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) on Mount Graham in Arizona and the Very Large Telescope (VT) on Paranal mountain in Chile have revealed that this asteroid ...
Astronomy

There are already 16,000 satellites in Earth’s orbit. How will we manage the next 100,000?

Earth’s orbit is getting crowded. About 16,000 satellites currently circle our planet, supporting everything from GPS navigation and weather forecasting to banking, emergency services and internet ...

Have we found first exomoon? Strange object forcing astronomers to rethink what a moon is

Astronomers have found strong evidence for a massive object orbiting a brown dwarf. This object behaves like a moon, circling another body which orbits a star. Researchers are calling it an ...
Science Daily

NASA will test SpaceX and Blue Origin Moon landers before the next lunar landing

NASA is preparing for future astronaut landings on the Moon with an unusually ambitious orbital rehearsal. During Artemis III in 2027, Orion astronauts will rendezvous and dock separately with ...