A “city-killer” space rock headed for a potential collision with the Moon likely originated in ... has a flattened, irregular shape and is the density of solid rock,” research lead Bryce ...

“If it does [hit the Moon], it would give scientists a rare ... rotates in a retrograde direction, has a flattened, irregular shape and is the density of solid rock,” said Bolin.

For decades it’s been assumed that Demos and Mars’ other moon, Phobos ... Phobos takes less than eight hours. Both are irregular in shape and both were discovered in 1877.

But the moon’s orbit isn’t perfect. Irregular and egg-shaped, it can be as far as 406,000 km (252,000 mi) from Earth and as close as 357,000 km (222,000 mi). At its closest approach ...

Space scientists have worked out the shape of the asteroid that could smash into the Moon in 2032 ... has a flattened, irregular shape and is the density of solid rock. "This find was rather ...

Mare Crisium, or the 'Sea of Crises', can be spotted on the night of May 30 as an oval-shaped dark patch on the moon's ...

Finding life on Saturn's moon Titan may be more difficult ... only a few kilometres across in size and oddly shaped, like an asteroid. Those irregular shapes and small sizes also give clues ...

But Earth’s atmosphere modifies our views of the moon, altering colors and shape. Italian photographer ... or photographed through stratified and irregular gas layers of Earth’s atmospheric ...

Astronomers have long known from astronomical mages that galaxies fall into three shape categories: elliptical blobs, irregular shapes and spirals ... of a full stop in the Apollo manuals left on the ...

The moon's surface is seen in this image; could volcanoes be to blame for the structure of Earth's cosmic companion?. | Credit: NASA Ancient volcanic heat may have shaped the moon from the inside ...