That meant the moon was bright and it made it more difficult to spot Mars. A few netizens commented that Mars looked like “a normal star” in the sky. Yee Yin Cheong, a property agent who lives ...

One proposes that passing asteroids were captured whole by Mars's gravity, which could explain the moons' somewhat asteroid-like appearance. The other says that a giant impact on the planet ...

The moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos ... computer simulations to test an intriguing hypothesis. When a giant asteroid crosses Mars' "Roche limit," where tidal forces are so intense that they ...

The 12-carat, fancy vivid blue, cushion-cut diamond is estimated to sell for between $35 million and $55 million. Called "Blue Moon," the diamond was unearthed at Cullinan Mine in South Africa in ...

If you're looking forward to the Wolf Moon this week – the first full Moon of 2025 – you're in for a treat as the planet Mars will be visible right next to it in the night sky. On January 13 ...

The January full moon, also known as the wolf moon, will completely cover the red planet, Mars, but not before the red planet shines as bright as possible near the moon. When will Mars be ...

is that the moon formed during a giant impact between the proto-Earth, and another protoplanet roughly the size of Mars, sometimes called “Theia.” In this theory, the moon formed from the impact ...