Because the Earth is doing the work of increasing the Moon's momentum, the Earth's rotation slows down in turn, as its momentum goes to the Moon. To put it another way, as the Moon's orbital momentum ...

Artemis II is slated to orbit the moon during a 10 day space flight by April 2026. NASA is looking for volunteers to help ...

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 public can submit names to travel along with four astronauts on an orbital journey to the moon next year The Artemis I ...

The moon looks bigger in the night sky because it is in perigee, or the point where the moon reaches its closest point to ...

Send your name to the Moon on NASA's Artemis II mission in 2026! Register for free to get a digital boarding pass for a ...

The Intuitive Machines' Nova-C "Odysseus" lander has delivered its first image from the surface of the moon. Also, see the ...

NASA's 2026 Lunabotics challenge seeks a team or person to create a space robot able to move and build on the Moon's surface ...

On Aug. 23, 1966, NASA's Lunar Orbiter 1 sent back the first photo of Earth from the moon. It showed a grainy crescent Earth ...