Gravity is what holds Earth in orbit around the sun and keeps us from floating off into space. Unfortunately, it can — quite ...

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 ...

In a distant stretch of the universe, more than 10 billion light-years from Earth, astronomers have discovered something ...

Discover the immense power and influence of Jupiter's gravity on our solar system and the role it plays in shaping our ...

For the past decade, gravitational wave astronomy has opened our eyes to amazing cosmic phenomena thanks to LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory. Bob McDonald celebrates LIGO ...

Scientists have known for a long time that the gravitational pull between the Earth and the moon have warped both bodies to look slightly egg-like in shape, but new data collected from NASA missions ...

Dark matter, the substance that makes up about 27% of the universe, could potentially be detected as a red or blue light ...

Our universe would look so different, Kyle. You might not recognize it even if you could be here to see it. Unfortunately, there probably wouldn’t be a whole lot to see. I learned about this from ...