A startup company wants to establish mining operations on the moon to extract a rare isotope needed for future quantum ...

Seleucus of Seleucia was an ancient astronomer who defended heliocentrism, arguing that Earth orbits the Sun and rotates on ...

It's a larger, fully reusable version of the rocket that flew humans to the moon, he added, "and it's just really audacious." Why Starship is critical for building on the moon Though the moon isn ...

Europe’s Copernicus programme is the Earth observation component of the European Union’s Space programme and is named after the European scientist and observer, Nicolaus Copernicus.

The remark about Copernicus is rather ironic ... during elongations as favorable as the upcoming one. Venus and the moon ...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander has captured a striking up-close view of Earth's cosmic neighbor as it prepares in the days ahead to land on the moon. Firefly Aerospace, the Texas-based company ...

The remark about Copernicus is rather ironic ... object will help point the way to this rocky little planet: the moon. Currently, Mercury sets about 90 minutes after sunset; about a half hour ...

The first day of fasting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Mecca will be Saturday, March 1, following the sighting of the crescent by the moon-sighting committee in Saudi Arabia. Other ...

Astronomers are excited to be poring over the first ever detailed geological map of the moon’s south polar region, where India’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar module, Vikram, touched down on August 23 ...

The second of the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites and the first instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission are fully integrated and, having completed their functional and ...

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It has since been lowering its orbit in preparation for a moon landing and is now all set for the upcoming attempt. "Blue Ghost's third and final lunar orbit maneuver is complete! Early this ...