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

A recently observed object called 2025 PN7 was found orbiting near the Earth. The quasi-moon is expected to accompany our planet in a similar orbit for 60 years.

On September 14, 1959, the Soviet Union’s Luna 2 spacecraft became the first man-made object to reach the Moon. The mission, ...

Earth has a hidden moon that has been sharing its orbit since the 1960s, researchers claim A new astronomical body has been ...

This week in Starwatch, I want you to go sky high to dig for some of the great visual treasures waiting for your eyes. Now ...

This week in Starwatch I want you to go sky-high to dig for some of the great visual treasures waiting for your eyes. And now ...

This week in Skywatch I want you to go sky high to dig for some of the great visual treasures waiting for your eyes. And now ...

The gravitational force of the Moon does not act uniformly across the entire Earth; it is strongest at point A, which is the ...

▲ Wang Kechao, the popular science director of the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, introduced ...

The bottom of the world is front and center for a partial solar eclipse next week. Antarctica, New Zealand and a sliver of ...

The Moon, our constant celestial companion, is drifting away from Earth at a slow but measurable rate. According to a ...

A near-Earth asteroid lurked undetected for decades until a telescope in Hawaii spotted it earlier this year. It may be Earth ...