Placing a mass driver on the moon has long been a dream of space exploration enthusiasts. It would open up so many ...

A new study suggests Earth’s Moon may have been “captured” from a binary system, challenging the long-held impact theory and ...

When the Moon is directly overhead, its gravitational pull slightly reduces a person's weight on Earth. This is because the ...

NASA-supported scientists have developed a method to compute how tides affect the interiors of planets and moons, which will ...

The presence of a partially-molten layer between the Moon's rocky mantle and solid metal core is looking more likely following a study on its changing shape and gravity. Researchers from the NASA ...

For nearly 40 years, scientists have generally agreed that Earth's Moon formed from debris after a massive collision with our ...

Time on the moon differs from Earth due to gravity and the moon’s unique day-night cycle, complicating time synchronization.

We have seen a recent surge of interest in whether it’s possible to grow potatoes and other plants in Martian soil, but what ...

The ambitious mission won't actually look for life on Jupiter's moon Europa, but it should find out if the presumed ocean provides a habitable environment.

Experts around the world have marvelled at how little Indian Space Research Organisation’s (Isro) Moon, Mars and solar ...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Hera probe recently completed a key manoeuvre which has set it on a path to Mars. The spacecraft will reach the red planet in March 2025 for the first gravity assist.

Scientists are eager to see if Europa's subsurface ocean could support life, as NASA's Europa Clipper is scheduled to begin its journey.