In science-fiction stories, companies often mine the moon or asteroids. While this may seem far-fetched, this idea is edging ...

Meet Bille, the name given to the world's first monostable tetrahedron—a four-faced object that will always land on the same ...

Today, June 26, 2025, the moon is 1 days old and is in the New Moon phase of its lunar cycle. It is 1% illuminated.

Physicists expect that this summer will be the shortest day in the history of observations.

According to the website, Earth spins faster when the Moon’s orbit takes it significantly north or south relative to the ...

In the summer 2025 issue of the NASA History Office's News & Notes newsletter, examples of leadership and critical ...

The team has shown that the thick, hazy atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon doesn't spin in line with its surface, but instead wobbles like a gyroscope, shifting with the seasons. Share: FULL STORY ...

The Moon’s rate of rotation around its own axis, though, always stays the same. A full moon happens roughly every 29.5 days.

1. The Moon's Rotation and Translation Movement The Moon, like all celestial bodies, performs two main movements: rotation around its own axis and translation around the Earth. Rotation refers to the ...

Electricity can be generated from the energy of Earth rotating through its own magnetic field—according to a provocative claim put forward by physicists this week. The findings are controversial ...

The solar system's largest moon, Ganymede, which orbits the largest planet, Jupiter, was hit by an asteroid four billion years ago that shifted the gas giant's satellite on its axis, new research ...