Ever since its formation around 4.5 billion years ago, Earth's rotation has been gradually slowing down, and its days have ...

Earth’s rotation is gradually slowing down, a process that has been quietly shaping the planet since its formation 4.5 ...

When are the full moons in 2025? Here's what you need to know about the upcoming full moons and the zodiac signs they're in.

Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a ...

The Chandrayaan-4 mission will involve several docking and undocking operations, both in Earth's orbit and around the Moon, ...

A renewed rivalry between the United States and China in space exploration has placed special focus on Lagrange points.

The sun, Earth and the moon are aligned, but because the moon’s orbit is not exactly in the same plane as Earth’s orbit around the sun, they rarely form a perfect line. When they do ...

Researchers accounted for the previously overlooked structures of the dwarf planet and moon in computer simulations of a ...

This "kiss and capture" mechanism offers a fresh perspective on planetary formation, particularly about Pluto and its largest ...

NASA reports that the construction and operation of China's Three Gorges Dam have slowed Earth's rotation by 0.06 microseconds due to the redistribution of mass caused by the dam's massive water ...

Mars is currently about 60 million miles away from Earth, and the moon is only about 240,000 miles away. The distance scale ...