“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...

The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, was first spotted in 2024 and was initially feared to be on a collision course with Earth.

One summer night in 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall was looking through his telescope in Washington, D.C. Mars was at ...

Scientists developing more sensitive next-generation gravitational wave detectors struggle with technical challenges that might be easily overcome by putting such detectors on the moon.

However, the moon's gravitational field is not consistent throughout, as evidenced by Bouguer gravity anomalies. As Earth's natural satellite, the moon plays a vital role in shaping our planet's ...

Earth’s gravitational pull on the moon has revealed that our satellite’s interior is warmer on its near side, the one facing our planet, suggesting its insides are uneven. In the GRAIL mission ...

Researchers say a moon may have strayed too close to the planet and been "ripped apart" by its gravitational pull 160 million years ago, with the remnants forming the rings we know today.

The moon’s gravitational pull causes our oceans to bulge toward it. As NASA explains it, “Because Earth rotates on its axis faster than the Moon orbits it, the higher gravity from Earth’s ...

When the Moon is directly overhead, its gravitational pull slightly reduces a person's weight on Earth. This is because the Moon's gravity, though weaker than Earth's, adds an upward force ...