Earth's powerful gravity tugged the moon into its oddball shape long ago, shortly after both bodies formed, a new study suggests. Tidal forces exerted during the early days of the solar system can ...

The shape of the moon deviates from a simple sphere in ways that scientists have struggled to explain. A new study by researchers at UC Santa Cruz shows that most of the moon’s overall shape can be ...

New calculations find that this proximity upset the equilibrium between Earth and moon’s orbital waltz. Ultimately, it caused Earth to spin so quickly that the planet was stretched into a shape ...

Space scientists have worked out the shape of the asteroid set to smash into the Moon. Astronomers said the house-sized asteroid 2024 YR4 is shaped like a hockey puck and also deduced its origin.

Unlike the other planets in the solar system, Mars is distinctly triaxial, meaning it is an ellipsoid with different sizes along all three axes. A long-lost moon could explain why Mars is so ...

Scientists discover how 1,600 mile wide pattern formed on its surface. — -- A massive shape on the moon's surface was formed by ancient rift valleys, according to new research, revising an ...

Last night people from all over the world stared at the night sky to witness the first blood red moon in 30 years. But for one watcher, the sight that really caught his attention was even more ...

As you bend to one side — and essentially turn yourself into a crescent moon shape — you’ll get a stretch in the side of your body along with an activation in your obliques. You’ll feel a ...

A team of astronomers has determined the shape of asteroid 2024 YR4, which could hit the moon. | Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor Scientists have revealed the unusual shape of a large asteroid ...

Tidal forces affected the shape of the moon, according to University of California researchers Getty Tidal forces acting upon the moon early in its history gave it the shape it holds now ...

The shape of the moon deviates from a simple sphere in ways that scientists have struggled to explain. A new study by researchers at UC Santa Cruz shows that most of the moon's overall shape can ...