"Venus kiss" happens Saturday as the planet passes between the Earth and sun
Our planet's closest and brightest neighbor will pass approximately between the Earth and sun this week, in what's called an ...
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What Makes a Moon?
Out past Neptune are countless small icy and rocky bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), and many of these have moons ...
Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it—and others—will keep coming back
In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...
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Venus goes 'new moon' as it passes between Earth and the sun this weekend
As Venus approaches its inferior conjunction, astrophotographers have snapped some striking shots of the crescent planet ...
Earth’s oldest yet impact crater found in Australia, where geologists hoped it would be
Scientists have have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of ...
We're one step closer to a giant interferometer on the moon
What's on and in a star? What happens in an active galactic nucleus? Answering those questions is the goal of a proposed giant interferometer on the moon. It's called the Artemis-enabled Stellar ...
Trump wants Greenland. But much of the island is vanishing
The Greenland ice sheet makes up 80 percent of the world’s largest island. And, it’s melting thanks to human-caused climate ...
Venus passes between the Earth and sun this weekend — but don’t count on seeing it
NEW YORK (AP) — Venus will pass between the Earth and sun on Saturday during what’s called an inferior conjunction. But don’t ...
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New Barbie doll celebrates 60 years as an astronaut, but forgets when humans first flew into space
Earth to astronaut Barbie, we have a new space collectible ... but probably not for all of the reasons Mattel intended.