Originally, the hypothesis was that Theia gave the Earth a glancing blow, and the proto-Earth and Theia lost pieces ending up as one or two moons that eventually formed the Moon. It was thought that a ...

The ultimate purpose of PUNCH is to use its four instruments — three wide-field imagers (WFI) and a near-field imager (NFI) — ...

New research suggests meteor showers are so unpredictable due to the Sun’s own motion around the solar‑system barycenter.

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

In a breakthrough that could reshape future lunar exploration, NASA researchers have confirmed that the solar wind—a stream ...

Skywatchers worldwide are in for a charming cosmic display before the sun rises next week as three celestial bodies will ...

Scientists have hypothesized since the 1960s that the sun is a source of ingredients that form water on the moon. When a ...

There is no other moon quite like our own in the entire solar system. The Moon is unique in a lot of ways, some of which are ...

Multiple spacecraft captured the moon's shadow sweeping across North America at more than 1,500 mph during the 2024 total ...

A team of researchers recently documented stellar winds from the Sun ... Earth from dangerous space weather.” The research indicates that planetary atmospheres—including that of our solar ...

Instead of having to take solar cells from Earth, Dr. Lang’s team is looking at materials readily available on the moon. They aim to replace Earth-made glass with glass crafted from lunar ...

The asteroid space scientists feared would hit Earth may now smash into the Moon instead. Space rock 2024 YR4 was originally calculated to have a 3.1% probability of impacting our planet on December ...