In the latest episode of the locally produced podcast “You Don’t Know Peanuts,” NASA’s launch director shares how a very ...

Dead skin cells are a main ingredient in household dust Here’s an interesting (and gross) science fact for you: According to ...

Earth’s companion has allowed astronomers to define lunar cycles, navigate without technology, and understand celestial ...

A new probe in development known as GIRO represents a low-cost step toward unlocking the secrets of exoplanets, all through ...

The skydiver won’t feel any gravity at that point until opening a parachute. If we put the skydiver into space — let’s say halfway between the Earth and the moon — the same thing will happen.

These findings are crucial for future lunar missions and understanding the moon's influence on Earth. NASA’s GRAIL mission, launched in 2011, consisted of two robotic spacecraft, Ebb and Flow ...

The Voyager 1 spacecraft had flown past this moon of Jupiter, catching the first glimpse of active volcanism on a world other than Earth. Umbrella-shaped outbursts ... Io’s volcanism is powered by a ...

In the late 1500s, Florentine astronomer, physicist, and engineer Galileo Galilei theorized that mass does not affect gravitational pull, contradicting Aristotle. Galilei believed that all things fall ...

Earlier this year, astronomers discovered a quasi-moon, or “fake moon,” orbiting ... That’s because its relative closeness to Earth and its lower gravity would allow for spacecraft to ...

Dr. Maarouf is a clinical scientist and analog astronaut. From simulating life on Mars at the Mars Desert Research Station to exploring healthcare technologies for astronauts, Dr. Maroouf shares how ...

yet harmless approach to Earth today (May 21), passing within one-third of the Earth-moon distance. The close approach will happen at approximately 1:30 p.m. ET on May 21 (1730 GMT), at which ...

A total lunar eclipse is the most dramatic type of eclipse, visible to only half of the Earth. It occurs during a full moon when the moon and Earth align on the same orbital plane as the sun ...