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A camera aboard India’s Aditya-L1 spacecraft captured the Earth and moon. The spacecraft launched atop a PSLV rocket. Credit: ...

Earth and Mars may have formed through very different processes, despite developing as neighbors in the early solar system.

The European Space Agency's Juice spacecraft took photos, including some of the moon, during an Earth flyby for a gravity assist on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. Credit: ESA / Juice / NavCam Europe's ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...

A new modeling study sheds light on how the Earth got its moon. For its size and location in the solar system, Earth has a surprisingly large moon. But how exactly the blue planet got its companion ...

In some parts of the world, the sea barely rises and falls with the tides. In others, the difference between high and low tide is dramatic. Along Western Australia’s Kimberley coast, for example, it ...

Scientists have long speculated why Venus, with a size, mass and structure similar to Earth's, doesn't have a moon. New UC Riverside research shows that our hungry twin likely swallowed it. In the ...

The Sun is going to consume the Earth. Before humanity can fly the planet away, it has to get rid of the Moon. Author Liu Cixin loves big existential catastrophes. The same fine fellow who casually ...

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In November 2025, NASA's Mars-bound ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral with special cargo on board: two camera systems designed ...