New research led by astrophysicists at Durham University, UK, predicts that the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) could hit the Milky Way in two billion years’ time. The collision could occur much earlier ...

Two enormous space rocks have slammed together in a nearby planetary system, and for the first time astronomers have watched the dusty aftermath unfold almost in real time. The violent impact, ...

The mystery of the Earth and Moon’s similarity Early models of the Moon’s formation predicted that the Moon should mostly consist of Theia’s material. But scientists noticed a puzzle: Earth and the ...

I came across an interactive NASA tool called Solar System Simulator. On it, you can view objects in our solar system from different viewpoints and moments in time. Fill out each drop down menu (date, ...