Callisto, the third largest moon in the entire solar system, orbits Jupiter from about 1.2 million miles away. The rocky ...
A new adaptive optics technology is set to transform gravitational-wave detection, allowing LIGO and future observatories like Cosmic Explorer to reach new heights. By correcting mirror distortions, ...
A small uncrewed spacecraft is buzzing the moon, with under two weeks remaining before its bold attempt to land on the lunar ...
The origin of the Moon has fascinated scientists for decades. The most widely accepted theory suggests that the Moon formed ...
More pocked with craters than any other object in our solar system, Jupiter's outermost and second-biggest Galilean moon, ...
The giant-impact hypothesis posits that billions of years ago a Mars-sized body named Theia collided with the early Earth.
A new lander is on its way to the Moon, and it's managed to catch some breathtaking views during its journey. As it made its way toward lunar orbit last week, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost captured ...
The radiation-hardened technology will get its first test in an upcoming mission to the lunar south pole.
On its own, 24 kWh doesn't seem like a lot of power. The problem is that we will need a lot of kilograms. The researchers ...
The moon's orbit is elliptical, or oval-shaped, meaning as its distance from our planet changes, its apparent size changes, ...