So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases ...

Tides come from a difference in gravity across an object. The force of gravity exerted by the Moon is about 4% stronger on the side of Earth that faces toward the Moon, compared to the opposite side ...

The 2025 Solar Eclipse will occur on September 21. It will be a partial solar eclipse. Google has created a special surprise ...

Eclipses are a common phenomenon and throughout history have often been associated with ominous predictions. The number of solar eclipses on Earth (total, annular or partial) is about 5 per year.

If you didn't catch the " blood moon " Sept. 7-8 from your backyard in the United States, there's a perfectly good ...

If you’ve ever felt like you need more hours in the day, well how does 60 sound? A new study suggests we’d have 60-hour days by now if a stalemate between the Sun and Moon hadn’t interfered with Earth ...

A Dec. 28, 2023, Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims humanity's basic understanding of the solar system is flawed. "They say the sun is 400 times larger than the moon and that it only ...