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 ...

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 ...

When teachers explain ocean tides, they frequently describe how the moon's gravity pulls on Earth and all of its water. This, they often say, leads to a gravitational imbalance, which stretches ...

Using a 100-foot telescopic crane and some bungee cords, the team allowed the runner to experience Moon levels of gravity. A video shows a researcher effortlessly running along the circular ...

Capture theory suggests that the Moon was a wandering body (like an asteroid) that formed elsewhere in the solar system and was captured by Earth's gravity as it passed nearby. The accretion ...

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.

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.

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 ...