Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a subsurface ocean on the icy dwarf planet.

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A new study suggests the moon is 4.51 billion years old, 100 million years older than previously thought. This revised age is based on the re-melting of lunar rocks due to Earth's gravitational ...

A private mission to the moon will launch next month to pave the way for humanity's return to the lunar surface. Ghost Riders in the Sky - the mission name chosen by US start-up Firefly Aerospace ...

Mysterious dark spot observed on Enceladus fades over time Enceladus’ icy plumes may explain the vanishing feature NASA’s Cassini mission images reveal the anomaly’s disappearance ...

The streets are deserted. An eerie silence hangs over the suburbs. More than half a million households have lost power, trains are being cancelled, some rail lines have buckled. Residents are ...

The December full moon captivated skywatchers worldwide as it lit up the cold winter skies over the weekend. A full moon occurs when the moon is on the opposite side of Earth from the sun.

Cold Moon 2024: December’s final Moon will showcase a rare major lunar standstill that occurs every 19 years. (AFP) Upcoming full moon of 2024 will take sky gazers by surprise as this time a ...

Sure, we're here in our corner with our single friend, The Moon™, but Neptune wanders the ... She spotted it in an image from 2009 and looked again in 2012 and it seemed to be gone." ...

Skywatchers looking for the last full moon of 2024 can look to the sky this weekend for a glimpse of the "cold moon," which will hit peak brightness just after 4 a.m. EST on Sunday morning.