It is a well-known astronomical convention that Earth has only one natural satellite, which is known (somewhat uncreatively) as “the Moon”. However, astronomers have known for a little over a decade that Earth also has a population of what are known as “transient Moons”. These are a subset of Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) that are temporarily scooped up by Earth’s gravity and assume orbits around our planet.
READ MOREThere have been many pyramid-shaped UFOs in science fiction films, like the one you see above (right), but this is the first time that the US Navy confirmed a sighting made with a night vision camera.
READ MORELast night, Jan. 30th around 10:30 pm PST, a spectacular fireball crawled across the skies of southern California.
READ MOREMissions to Mars and beyond will take months or longer, so some creative strategies will be necessary to make sure that astronauts stay hale and hearty!
READ MOREThe nearby red supergiant has been dimming for a while now, but its exact fate is still unknown.
READ MOREYou might be made up of nothingness, but you still matter, according to science.
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