A town in the Austrian Alps might not seem like the most conducive place to come up with daring space missions. But, for the ...

A new study suggests Earth’s Moon may have been “captured” from a binary system, challenging the long-held impact theory and ...

Scientists from Penn State University have proposed a radical new theory for the Moon's origin which overturns the popular ...

It may be part of the night sky we look up at each night, but the moon's origins remain a mystery that has left scientists ...

New research explores if the moon was captured by Earth or formed by a collision. Scientists weigh theories, analyzing lunar ...

Researchers at Penn State University suggest that Earth’s only satellite may have come from a “binary-exchange capture” ...

x1, y1, z1 = 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 vx1, vy1, vz1 = 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 # Initial conditions for Triton at periapsis r2_periapsis = a2_m * (1 - e2) # Distance at periapsis (m) v2_periapsis = np.sqrt(G * m1 * (1 + e2 ...

New theory on the origin of the Moon An analogy to Triton, Neptune’s largest moon, supports the binary exchange theory ...

With Venus in Sagittarius square Neptune retrograde in Pisces, it’s essential to stay grounded and aware of your values as ...

Aug. 31, 2023 — A Neptune-sized planet denser than steel has been discovered by an international team of astronomers, who believe its composition could be the result of a giant planetary ...