Humanity’s need to track the Moon's changing phases and motions is ancient. Mammoth hunters used the Moon as a timekeeper, ...

Star and planet formation has largely been considered separate, sequential processes. But in a new study, scientists at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have modeled a different scenario where ...

NASA’s RASSOR robot successfully demonstrated regolith excavation in a lunar soil simulant test, showcasing its ...

A supercomputer simulation of the Apollo 12 landing on the moon was created to "improve its understanding of plume-surface ...

A group of astronomers from across the globe, led by Queen’s University Belfast, have revealed that millions of new solar system objects will be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to ...

In this work, therefore, we propose an age and coverage optimal relay satellite constellation for cislunar communication by considering the self-rotation of the earth as well as the orbital motion of ...

the higher gravity from Earth’s bulge tries to speed up the Moon’s rotation. Meanwhile, the Moon is pulling on Earth and slowing the planet’s rotation. The friction that ensues from this tug ...

Over time, it cooled and clumped into a single massive body—the moon. That impact didn’t just create a satellite; it helped define Earth’s structure, tilt, and rotation. Clues about this ...

The world is hungry for renewable sources of energy, which has led some scientists to ask the question: what about the rotation of the Earth? A new study reports that researchers have successfully ...

"Mini-moon" events occur when asteroids or floating pieces of space junk temporarily orbit the Earth. Their length of time in orbit varies, with some completing a full rotation around the Earth ...

so we could give astronauts a sense of how Moon dust would feel and behave in lunar conditions -- which has a sixth of the gravitational pull of the Earth's. "This simulation could also help us to ...

Starting next week, the moon, Earth’s closest celestial body, will be joined by a new neighbor: a second moon. From Sept. 29 until Nov. 25, astronomers calculate that 2024 PT5— which is what ...