Editor’s note: Welcome to Just4Kids, a new feature with content from The Conversation for Kids, a nonprofit in which scholars answer kids’ questions about science, health and more, that will be ...

Asteroid impacts on the Moon are a continuous occurrence, ranging from small events to those creating craters exceeding 19 meters in diameter. Larger lunar impacts eject rocks into space; some of this ...

On July 1 this year, astronomers discovered an object moving through the Solar System at escape velocity, our third interstellar visitor that we know about. The object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, is now known ...

Humanity’s pursuit of longer life is moving from fiction to something far more real. At the heart of this shift is a bold idea called “Longevity Escape Velocity” — a vision that’s shaping how experts ...

There’s a reason why a rocket has to go so fast to escape Earth. It’s about gravity – something all of us experience every moment of every day. Gravity is the force that pulls you toward the ground.