Newton’s law says the force of attraction between a planet such as Earth and another object, such as the moon, depends on the ...

One of the most powerful forces on the planet is that which controls tides. Powered by the gravitational pull of the moon, ...

As the Moon begins its waxing phase, plant your annual flowers and those fruits and vegetables that bear their harvest above ...

Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure — and reveal how little is understood about ...

Imagine the unique challenges and potential scientific opportunities of being born and raised on the Moon.

While Earth's slowdown is not noticeable on human timescales, it's enough to work significant changes over eons. One of those ...

An international team used 40 years' worth of data from two space probes to track down what they believe are signs of this ...

A team of researchers has linked Earth's slowing rotation to the Great Oxidation Event, which made the planet more habitable ...

New data from the James Webb Space Telescope suggests a planet in a faraway solar system was consumed by a star by hurling ...

Scientists reveal Earth’s days are slowly getting longer, and 24-hour cycles may one day be a thing of the past ...

Like how the Earth keeps the Moon bound on a gravitational tether, our nearest galactic neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy (M31), ...