The Moon is gradually drifting away from Earth at a rate of 3.82 centimetres per year. This phenomenon is a result of the gravitational interactions between the two celestial bodies. As the Moon ...

Oxygen isotope identity of the Earth and Moon with implications for the formation of the Moon and source of volatiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2024; 121 (52) DOI: 10.1073 ...

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The object is known as Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) 2024 PT5 (or PT5, for short) and its orbit is very similar to Earth's. Oddly enough, that region often gets littered with rocket bodies ...

About the same diameter as Earth’s moon, the innermost of Jupiter’s four giant moons is covered in volcanoes, some emitting sulfurous plumes hundreds of miles into space. It’s been imaged by ...

What if humanity's backup was on the moon? Well ... samples to safeguard Earth's biodiversity and to support future space exploration and planet terraforming." From our morning news briefing ...