Earth and its neighbors orbit the sun on a relatively flat plane. But what's below this plane, and is anythign below the ...

When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our ...

The Moon’s orbit plays a critical role in stabilizing Earth’s climate, tides, and rotation. Scientists have been closely ...

That misalignment means the tidal bulges pull on the Moon gravitationally, which gradually speeds up the Moon’s orbit. When ...

Discover how the Earth started spinning, the impact of the Theia collision, and how the Moon's gravity is gradually slowing ...

Scientists who work on long-term climate patterns usually stay close to Earth. The data is here, the records are clearer, and ...

Climate can change fast, even when the planet looks stable. Earth has flipped into new patterns within decades in the past.

What’s different about this 10-day test flight is not only that it returns astronauts to the vicinity of the moon for the ...

The "Cosmic Grapes" galaxy formed just 900 million years after the Big Bang, revealing a never-before-seen structure.

Fincke, Cardman, Yui and Platonov launched toward the ISS on Aug. 1, 2025, kicking off SpaceX's Crew-11 mission to the ...

Four astronauts have safely returned to Earth after their mission aboard the International Space Station was cut short ...

Optical proof of a tiny companion orbiting supergiant star Betelgeuse is hard to come by. Hubble just spotted new evidence.