Scientists are beginning to read Earth in a different way, not from orbit, but from the surface of the moon. A recent study,“Spherical Harmonic Finger.
The object dubbed Earth's "second moon" is actually a quasi-satellite that's accompanied the planet since 1957 — not a true ...
Late in 2024, astronomers spotted a new near-Earth asteroid named 2024 YR4. By mid-2025, its improved orbit tracking raised an unusual possibility: the space rock could hit the Moon on Dec.
A space rock roughly the height of a 15‑story building is on a trajectory that could intersect with the Moon in the early 2030s, and astronomers are watching it with unusual intensity. The object, ...
Earth’s atmosphere is slowly leaking into space, and new research shows some of it reaches the Moon, where it may be ...
The Moon is a pretty peculiar object. It is believed that it formed from the incredible collision between the proto-Earth and ...
Earth's radiation budget is a core process of the Earth-atmosphere system, closely linked to global climate and environmental ...
A long-standing idea in planetary science is that water-rich meteorites arriving late in Earth’s history could have delivered ...