European scientists are turning an aircraft into a laboratory that simulates lunar gravity to prepare astronauts and ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An exhaustive examination of lunar gravity using data obtained by two NASA robotic spacecraft is offering new clues about why the two sides of the moon - the one perpetually ...

It is true that crewed missions to the moon are expensive, difficult, and dangerous. And we now have a long history going back decades of reliable, dependable, capable robotic exploration, including ...

The Moon exerts a constant physical influence on Earth through gravity, light, and orbital interaction. Its mass shapes ocean ...

During its initial molten phase, the Moon experienced tidal bulges on its near and far sides due to Earth's immense gravitational pull. The Moon's rotation initially carried these gravitationally ...

As lunar missions increase, scientists warn that spacecraft exhaust may contaminate sensitive regions of the moon faster than ...

An object's weight on the Moon is approximately one-sixth its weight on Earth, illustrating the variation in gravitational force across celestial bodies. While an object's mass, measured in kilograms, ...

Even most rocket scientists would rather avoid hard math when they don't have to do it. So when it comes to figuring out ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) ...

But in all likelihood, the Earth will not see this time, having been engulfed by the Sun in its red giant phase, around 7.6 ...

RUSSIA is planning to build an anti-gravity space station where astronauts can roam without floating. Energia, the principal ...