The Moon, Williams and Zugger say, has an orbit around Earth that isn't as neatly aligned with the equator as you might ...

There's nothing else like Earth and its Moon in the entire Solar System. Other planets either have multiple moons, or none at all, but the mass ratio of our world and its hefty satellite is quite ...

Alfredo (he/him) has a PhD in Astrophysics on galaxy evolution and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces.

Research suggests the Earth captured the Moon from space, rather than forming the rocky satellite from collision particles ...

A team led by astronomer Silvia Protopapa from the Southwest Research Institute announced they’ve found carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on Charon’s surface.

Scientists believe our Moon formed 60 million years after the solar system's birth. At the Kona Conference in 1984, scientists concluded otherwise. They argued the Moon resulted from a collision ...

A second moon has officially entered Earth’s orbit—sort of. Although it’s being called a “mini-moon,” it’s actually an ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps ... plus several moons — not just our own but also Ganymede, Europa, and even Pluto’s moon ...

Once considered the ninth and last planet of the Solar System, Pluto was demoted to a 'dwarf planet' status in 2006, when ...

NASA hopes to launch the Europa Clipper mission. It will then spend the next five years travelling 628.3 million kilometers ...