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It’s as if an invisible hand meticulously arranged the moon's rotation to deliberately conceal its far side from our view on ...
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 ...
Recent scientific research has unearthed an intriguing proposition that Earth may have once been orbited by two moons instead ...
The moon had a fluctuating orbit around the Earth, but recent changes in distance could be caused by the tidal force shifting the planet’s mass.
Learn why the Moon moving away from Earth affects tides and Earth's rotation. Discover this fascinating lunar phenomenon and ...
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, expects its spacecraft to rendezvous with the asteroid in July 2031. The ...
A team of scientists at the Southwest Research Institute, using photography commissioned from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, have discovered a previously unknown moon in our solar system that's in ...
Recently, I came across a news article stating that scientists want to send a spaceship to explore Atlas—not the mountain range we usually talk about, but the "Atlas asteroid" located outside our ...
Through a series of 28 pictures, astronomers learned the asteroid makes a full spin every five hours and is a " contact ...
The clear views of Saturn are because it will be making its closest pass to us here on Earth for 2025, giving us the clearest and brightest view we’ll get all year. It will be ‘in opposition’ this ...
The Space Force operates the Global Positioning System satellite network to provide navigation services to ships, airplanes, ...