By January 2025, the asteroid’s orbit had been refined, and the possibility of an Earth impact was nearly ruled out. Still, a small chance remained that it could strike the Moon instead.

"Should the asteroid impact the Moon, the Earth-Moon system could be clouded with particles detached from the Moon and the asteroid, potentially threatening the human space infrastructure and ...

There's less water in the mantle beneath the farside of the moon than in the mantle on the nearside, according to studies of the precious lunar samples brought back to Earth by China's Chang'e 6 ...

Credit: Space.com / imagery courtesy: MingChuan Wei, Harbin Institute of Technology, CAMRAS and DK5LA / produced & edited by Steve Spaleta Trump emergency declaration cites eye-popping number of ...

This is due to the moon being at apogee, the farthest point in its orbit from Earth. So, if you're wondering whether moon actually turns pink? The answer is not quite. Irrespective of its ...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Soil and rocks returned from the moon’s mysterious far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth, Chinese scientists reported Wednesday.

BEIJING -- China has successfully established the world's first three-satellite constellation based on the Distant Retrograde Orbit in the Earth-moon region of space, laying a foundation for the ...

The possibility of “city-killing” asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth is no longer a threat, but it could strike the moon, according to scientists. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ...

THE odds of a "city killer" asteroid that once threatened Earth instead smashing into the moon have just doubled. YR4 was feared to be on a deadly collision course with our planet, with the chance ...