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 ...
HEX20Labs CubeSat will join Japan's ispace for Moon orbit mission. Launch to support cislunar tech advancements and space exploration. ispace's M2 mission will mark a crucial India-Japan space ...
This month's full moon will also be a supermoon: When the moon’s orbit brings it closer to Earth than usual, the cosmic combo is called a supermoon. A supermoon occurs when the moon’s orbit ...
Some, like experts at Penn State University, suggest a different origin story for our moon. The researchers propose that Earth may have swooped the moon into its orbit during a process called ...