Earth has a number of mini-moons and quasi-moons. Mini-moons are objects that orbit our planet. But they make for fickle fans: They tend to swing around Earth for only a matter of months. One example ...

In a once-a-year event, Saturn is about to reach opposition, with the ringed planet appearing its best and brightest as it ...

Watch the crescent moon, Venus and the bright star Regulus align in a rare predawn close conjunction tomorrow.

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, expects its spacecraft to rendezvous with the asteroid in July 2031. The ...

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.

Due to the influence the Earth plays on the moon’s momentum, the Earth’s rotation slows down in response, as explained by DiKerby. However, given that this is such a minor change in distance annually, ...

The horologists behind Vacheron Constantin’s La Quête du Temps reveal how they crafted the mechanical masterpiece to mark the ...

Learn more about tides and tidal bulge, and how they’re contributing to the moon drifting away.

Learn why the Moon moving away from Earth affects tides and Earth's rotation. Discover this fascinating lunar phenomenon and ...

The sun has become increasingly active since 2008, a new NASA study shows. Solar activity is known to fluctuate in cycles of ...

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases ...

Saturn will make a particularly brilliant appearance amongst the stars this weekend, according to the Royal Observatory’s night sky highlights for September. It will appear so brightly, that the ...