On 25 November 1915, Albert Einstein presented his general theory of relativity at the Prussian ... This is why the Earth goes around the Sun in a circular orbit rather than flying out of the ...

For over a century, quantum mechanics and Einstein’s general relativity have stood as the cornerstones of modern physics, yet ...

Einstein predicted that massive objects bend light as it passes through their gravitational field. This week, a new telescope ...

Oxygen isotope identity of the Earth and Moon with implications for the formation of the Moon and source of volatiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2024; 121 (52) DOI: 10.1073 ...

Private space company Firefly is guiding its Blue Ghost lander through space to attempt its first moon landing March ... majestic moment when Earth eclipsed the sun. "Right now, we are in a ...

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THE moon is just a chunk of the Earth and not mainly part of an ancient planet as previously thought, scientists claim. Experts had believed our satellite was created when hypothetical body Theia ...

Even though humans have pondered the moon since the first of us looked skyward, there is still much we don't know about it.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is on a potential crash course with Earth, but there’s a very slight chance the moon could take the hit. Based on current observations, there is a 2.1 per cent chance that the ...

But surprisingly, the object’s orbit around the sun is similar to Earth’s ... “We had a general idea that this asteroid may have come from the Moon, but the smoking gun was when we found ...

The goal was to find a name for one of Earth's seven known quasi-moons ... In truth, however, a quasi-moon follows an orbit around the sun (like an asteroid would) rather than the respective ...