The moon is hot right now. By some estimates, as many as 100 lunar missions could launch into space over the next decade — a level of interest in the moon that far surpasses the Cold War-era ...

AI images now reveal the breathtaking views of Earth from the Moon, Mars, and outer space. These cutting-edge images provide a unique perspective, showcasing our planet's beauty from different ...

Near-Earth orbit is even more congested than the space between Earth and the Moon. It’s from 100 to 500 miles straight up, compared with 240,000 miles to the Moon.

Protection and the Outer Space Treaty. In 2011, NASA recommended establishing buffer, or safety zones, of up to 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) to protect certain sites with U.S. artifacts. Because it ...

En route to land on the moon, a spacecraft snapped views of Earth eclipsing the sun.. The Blue Ghost lunar lander, built by the Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace for NASA, launched to space on ...

Space, legally. Outer space—including the Moon—from a legal perspective, is a unique domain without direct terrestrial equivalent. It is not, like the high seas, the “common heritage of ...

On August 7, 2024, NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) detected a space object that, for a little more than a month, will become a mini-moon of Earth. Named 2024 PT5 ...

Earth is about to receive a visitor from outer space. No little green men, alas, but a tiny and temporary moon will grace our skies for two months, beginning this weekend.