Why was the moon shades of red, orange and yellow last night? Here's what causes a "Blood Moon."
There was an opportunity Thursday night to catch the March 2025 "Blood Moon," a phenomenon that colors the full moon in ...
Entire planetary system of four tiny exoplanets found orbiting the nearest single star to the sun
Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...
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NASA’s latest mission aims to uncover the universe’s biggest question
A new NASA astrophysics telescope called Spherex will study the origins of our universe and search for the 'ingredients of ...
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How fast is Earth moving?
How fast you need to move to keep in a circular orbit around another body is dictated by how far the two bodies are separated from each other. Planets closer to the Sun are orbiting faster than ...
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Earth's orbit of the Sun
Earth rotates on an axis, which is not perpendicular to Earth’s orbit. During winter, the North Pole is tilted away from the Sun’s rays. As the Earth travels around the Sun, the tilt gradually ...
U.S. launches 2 space missions on single rocket
NASA and SpaceX on Tuesday launched two new missions on a single rocket to collect data from galaxies and the sun.