Researchers want to explore the idea that microscopic particles shed by alien civilizations have accumulated on the lunar ...
Conditions must be ideal, with dark skies, for one to spot the galactic center.
The BepiColombo mission, by the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, is only the third to study ...
Nothing like the controlled disassembly of BepiColombo has ever been attempted in such a harsh environment as the region of ...
Earth and the Martian moon Phobos dance together in a series of images recently acquired by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. Earth appears as a point of light in the Martian sky, disappearing behind ...
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Skywatchers across much of the United States will have the chance to ...
The Southern Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids will overlap on July 30 and 31—but a bright moon could make their meteors difficult to spot. An Alpha Capricornid fireball streaks above Mount ...
The China National Space Administration’s asteroid probe Tianwen-2 successfully reached the asteroid Kamo’oalewa, which orbits the sun in a path nearly identical to Earth’s. After undergoing multiple ...
A new image of an asteroid, referred to as a “quasi-moon,” has been released CNSA China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft reached a “quasi-moon,” a small asteroid orbiting the Sun and close to Earth, after a ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft has arrived at one of the ...
Every time I see the moon in the sky, it makes me happy. Our natural satellite is so familiar it’s easy to take it for granted, but in fact it’s an amazing sight. Much of its history is written on its ...
A photo taken by Tianwen-2 of itself with Earth in the background. China National Space Administration The Moon is not the only natural object travelling through space alongside Earth. Several small ...