Even most rocket scientists would rather avoid hard math when they don't have to do it. So when it comes to figuring out ...

A new dataset from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory maps one million cis-lunar orbits, highlighting orbital stability challenges, space domain awareness needs, and planning requirements for Moon ...

SPACE (KXAN) — Earth is picking up a new moon later this week. This mini-moon is about 33 feet across, the size of a small school bus, and will orbit the Earth from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25. “We don’t know ...

Earth is about to get a new neighbor in the form of an asteroid. But this one won’t be making an impact. Instead, it’ll be what space enthusiasts have dubbed a mini-moon, and it will stick around to ...

Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the night sky. Some nights when we look up at the moon, it is full and bright; sometimes it is just a sliver of silvery light. These changes in appearance are ...

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In astrology, the Moon represents our emotional self, so if you've felt a little on edge lately, the earth's new 'mini-moon' may be to blame. In September 2024, Earth gained a "second moon" — a small ...

Researchers from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Curtin University in ...

Astronomers have discovered a small asteroid that has been quietly accompanying Earth on its journey around the sun for the past 60 years, according to research published in September. The celestial ...

Today, Dec. 30, 2025, the moon is 10 days old and is in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 83% illuminated.