Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander on the moon in this IM-1 mission animation. Credit: Space.com | animation courtesy: ...

Because the Earth is doing the work of increasing the Moon's momentum, the Earth's rotation slows down in turn, as its momentum goes to the Moon. To put it another way, as the Moon's orbital momentum ...

An animation by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines of its 2022 spacecraft landing on the moon has been shared on social media by people who say the video is proof that the landing was faked. They ...

The team of astronomers behind the find suggested it could help us better understand planet and moon formation in our solar system and beyond the Milky Way. The team was able to make the first-ever ...

The James Webb Telescope measured a potential moon-forming disk encircling an exoplanet, NASA recently announced, inviting researchers to observe and study moon formation as it happens, while ...

Two primary theories explain planetary moon formation: gravitational capture within a planet's Hill sphere radius and simultaneous formation with the solar system during its accretion disk phase. A ...

The researchers analyzed lunar samples that had remained unopened since they were collected by Apollo 17 astronauts in 1972.

The Moon has long been the Earth's close companion, but researchers have struggled to understand exactly when the moon formed, because tiny crystals in the moon rocks brought home by astronauts ...