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It Seems Absurd, But You Could Line Up Every Planet In The Solar System Between Earth And The Moon

Space has a knack for bending our sense of scale. The Moon feels close enough to touch—after all, we see its craters with ...
Astronomy

Everything you need to know about the Moon

The Moon is about one-fourth the size of Earth. It's primarily composed of rock and minerals, with a small iron core. The Moon's average distance from Earth is roughly 239,000 miles. Lunar phases are ...

Earth always has more moons than you think

Astronomers recently detected a stray quasi-moon in our planet’s orbit, but it's hardly the first stowaway to hang out around ...
Astronomy

Earth and the Moon are proportional partners, and that might be rare

As moons go, ours is a good one. While the Moon only has a mass of around 1.2 percent that of the Earth, that’s huge compared to the other moons of the solar system. The Earth is also the largest of ...
WISH-TV

Why Earth’s total solar eclipse is unique

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — We all know the sight of a total solar eclipse is a once-in-a-lifetime event. Earth’s solar eclipse is unique compared to the rest of the solar system. It all has to do with the ...
CNN

The asteroid that will spare Earth might hit the moon instead. What happens if it does?

The asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is out of sight yet still very much on scientists’ minds. The building-sized object, which initially appeared to be on a potential collision course with Earth, is ...