Something strange is happening in the night sky tonight—the Moon is climbing higher than usual, reaching one of its most ...

For a solar eclipse to occur, conditions need to be exactly right. The moon’s orbital path around Earth is tilted by 5 percent with respect to the path of the sun through the sky (the ecliptic).

Scientists are studying Saturn's moon Titan to assess its tidal dissipation rate, the energy lost as it orbits the ringed planet with its massive gravitational force. Understanding tidal dissipation ...

The negotiations on creating the Deep Space Gateway station in the Moon’s orbit have been going on for several years now. "At the first stage, we will be building an orbital part with the ...

However, both types of eclipses are rare because the orbital planes of the Earth ... kinds are relatively rare because the moon's orbit around Earth is tilted about 5 degrees with respect to ...

Construction of the lunar orbital station would reduce the risks ... In the first one, spacemen would arrive to a low near-Moon orbit of only about 200 km, and then land on the Moon in a special ...