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 ...

The moon does, however, experience changes in its shape and gravity. How the moon responds to these tidal forces is, to a large degree, dependent on its internal structure. This means the tidal ...

Feb. 4 (UPI) --Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket and spacecraft completed its moon-gravity mission, but the capsule appeared ...

It’s hitching a ride to the moon on Thursday to find out whether robots could someday repair spaceships like the one carrying it.

NASA astronauts are returning to Earth after nine months in space. Experts have said a prolonged period in space can come ...

If there is no moon there will be no tides in the ocean as Moon Gravity controls ocean tides. And will also affect marine ...

Researchers hope to test how well plants can grow and eggs can hatch in the moon's low gravity. It's the mini-first greenhouse to ever land on another world in our solar system and might help ...

With US astronauts scheduled to return to the Moon in 2026, it might be nice for them to really and truly know ahead of time what the gravity situation is going to be like. At 1/6th Earth’s ...

And, without gravity, we'd all float! Hmmmm… You're right! The force of gravity is weaker on the Moon than on the Earth, so here you can jump much higher! Gravity also acts between the Moon and ...

US astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry ‘Butch’ Wilmore are back on Earth after nine months in space. They will grow shorter ...

One of these facilities, called Lunar Glass, will be built on the moon under the plan. Another called Mars Glass will be constructed on Mars. Gravity on the moon and Mars are one-sixth and one ...