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 ...

Over the past 60 years, scientists have largely succeeded in building a computer model of Earth to see what the future holds.

The crescent moon will shine with Jupiter among the stars of Gemini early on Sept. 16. Turn your eyes to the east in the ...

(Related reading: The impacts that gave us the Moon may explain why Earth has life today) ...

ARVADA, Colorado — Lunar Outpost, a private space company, is putting the pedal to the metal on its lunar terrain vehicle ...

A moon exploration simulation with robots was conducted in a Jingbo Lake volcanic lava cave in China. Research indicates that there are considerable lava pipe systems distributed beneath the surfaces ...

"This implies that the eastern Mare Imbrium basin may be the current seismically active area of the moon," he said. "If a long-term lunar base is to be established in the future, we should avoid such ...

Today, let's talk about Titan, a rather unique natural satellite in the solar system. To be honest, I didn’t have much ...

Scientists created the most accurate 3D map of star-formation regions in our Milky Way galaxy, based on data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope. The star-formation region that is ...