the moon is thought to be on a collision course with Mars. It's nearing the planet at a rate of six feet (1.8 meters) every ...

One day after launching a Starship rocket on a dramatic test flight in Texas, SpaceX readied a Falcon Heavy rocket for launch ...

Each century, Phobos gets about six feet closer to Mars; in 50 million years or so, the moon is projected either to crash into the red planet’s surface or break into smithereens. Since the 1960s ...

September 24, 2024, Sasquatch Books. Published with permission. The red of a blood moon is the perfect example of how two separate bodies can have a drastic yet temporary effect on one another.

The average home telescope won’t be able to capture it, either. The mini-moon will be small — 33 feet long — and dim. NASA uses magnitude to describe brightness in space. A 6.5 magnitude is ...

During a total lunar eclipse, Earth’s shadow can turn the moon’s surface a striking red color, which is known as a blood moon, according to NASA. But that won’t be the case this week ...

The mini-moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus at 33 feet (10 meters). When it whizzes by Earth on Sunday, it will be temporarily trapped by our planet’s gravity and orbit ...

These only occur during a lunar eclipse and bathe the moon in red light. Like supermoons, blood moons occur a few times per year, but it's rare for these events to happen at the same time.

At 33 feet long, the mini-moon is too mini for our eyes. Its closest approach is still five times farther than our permanent, non-mini moon. That challenge, though, makes it all the more exciting ...

As the nights grow long and the temperatures cool in the Northern Hemisphere, a new moon famed for its brightness and orange hue will rise in the sky. The Harvest Moon, which has inspired no ...

September’s full moon — rising elegantly and looming large in Tuesday evening’s eastern sky — will be one to pause and admire. Not only is it a supermoon, but a partial lunar eclipse will ...