Smithsonian Magazine

A Planet Slammed Into Earth 4.5 Billion Years Ago, Forming the Moon. The Projectile May Have Been Our Neighbor

Little is known about the long-destroyed moon-forming planet, Theia. But it may have been born in the inner solar system—just like Earth—a new study suggests ...

See The Moon And Saturn Shine Together In The Evening Sky This Weekend

On the evenings of Friday, Nov. 28 through Sunday, Nov. 30, a waxing gibbous moon moves past Saturn in the southern sky — an ...

South Korea's largest satellite launched on Nuri rocket in ambitious space mission

South Korea launched its largest satellite yet on its nationally developed space rocket early Thursday in the fourth of six ...
The Berkshire Edge

EYES TO THE SKY: Summer stars west, winter stars east, planets Saturn and Jupiter evening sky

As twilight deepens the week of November 24 to 28, the waxing crescent moon appears in the south to southwest, above the setting Teapot asterism.

Bezos' Blue Origin to revamp New Glenn rocket before next Florida launch

Blue Origin will upgrade New Glenn ahead of its 3rd launch from Florida and will also one day soon debut a larger variant of ...
Cape and Islands NPR

This week in science: A Saturn moon's ocean, chameleon eyes and energy used for AI

Time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. And we have the show's two hosts here, Regina Barber and Emily Kwong. Hello. REGINA BARBER, BYLINE: Hey. EMILY KWONG, ...