This is roughly as close to Earth as today’s geosynchronous communications and weather satellites, and about 10 times closer than the Moon is today. Because the force of gravity is stronger at ...

Horrible Science is here with some truly iconic names to sing you a jolly old medley, all about gravity. Sir Isaac Newton sings about how things fall down from the force of gravity. Watch your ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An exhaustive examination of lunar gravity using data obtained by two NASA robotic spacecraft is offering new clues about why the two sides of the moon - the one perpetually ...

There is less gravity on the Moon than there is on Earth ... force that pulls things down to the centre of Earth (or other celestial bodies). An apple falling from a tree inspired Newton to ...

Earth will be hosting ... PT5 should be classified as a mini-moon, since it won’t be making a full revolution around the Earth before the sun’s gravity pulls it back onto its normal path.

(Some versions of the story have the apple ... gravity to his satisfaction. His biggest problem? The question of whether the Earth's gravitational influence could extend all the way to the Moon.

A new study has revealed that gravity’s effect on Earth is constantly shaping the ... and perhaps even create artificial gravity on the Moon and other places we visit. Josh Hawkins has been ...

As NASA explains it, “Because Earth rotates on its axis faster than the Moon orbits it, the higher gravity from Earth’s bulge tries to speed up the Moon’s rotation. Meanwhile, the Moon is ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The ...

An exhaustive examination of lunar gravity using data obtained by two NASA robotic spacecraft is offering new clues about why the two sides of the moon - the one perpetually facing Earth and the ...