Earth, sun, moon: three objects in space whose interactions have a pretty big impact on our lives. Earth orbits the sun once ...

Earth’s orbit around the Sun is not circular, but an ellipse that is slightly elongated with an eccentricity of 0.017. (An eccentricity of 0 is a circle, while the dwarf planet Pluto has a ...

More objects are being launched into space than ever, and most are headed for low Earth orbit. This region of space has become increasingly crowded with launches from SpaceX and others that have ...

SpaceX's Starlink revealed that it enabled real-time views of Earth during the sixth flight test of Starship. What Happened: ...

The Sun's activity is what gives us beautiful auroras — but it also has dramatic negative effects on satellites that go around Earth in a low orbit. In early November, three tiny Australian ...

Astronomers suggest it originated from the Arjuna asteroid belt, a ring of space rocks that orbit the sun on a similar path to Earth’s. 2024 PT5 traced about one-quarter of an orbital path ...

Earth welcomed asteroid 2024 PT5 as a temporary moon. 2024 PT5, 37 feet wide, is leaving Earth's orbit in November. Scientists study mini-moons like 2024 PT5 to improve tracking.

The Geminids — the year's best, last and least talked about multicolored meteor shower — has started and could see up to 150 ...

With a bit of help from the sun, the “mini-moon” will hurtle back into space at about 9:43 a.m. Nov. 25. “Were it not for the gravity of the sun, it would remain in orbit around the Earth,” said Max ...

It sounds like something out of a science-fiction movie. For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is more than just a ...