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

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

Scientists have developed a new method to compute how tides affect the interiors of planets and moons. Importantly, the new ...

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

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

There is only one way to experience lunar gravity while still on Earth, or rather a few thousand feet above its surface: on a ...

Brigadier General Buzz Aldrin, one of the most celebrated astronauts in history and a seminal figure in the U.S. space program, endorses Donald J. Trump for President of the United States. Aldrin, who ...

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.

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

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

There are 79 known moons of Jupiter. What if we move Earth into its orbit too? How would Jupiter's super-strong gravity affect our lives? What would our skies look like? How long could you survive on ...