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 ...

When the moon is nearly between Earth and the sun, one side of the moon faces the sun, and that side is illuminated, but the side the Earth sees is dark. This is called the new moon phase of the lunar ...

Explaining tides: water doesn’t move in and out, Earth rotates through tidal bulges created by the Sun and Moon.

An animation showcases how the seasons change with Earth's orbit around the sun. Earth's axis tilt causes very specific weather patterns and daylight during the course of a year. Most places ...

The object, the latest “quasi-moon” detected by astronomers, could be with us for almost another 60 years. By Robin George Andrews The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as ...

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 Uplift," ...

Researchers are discussing 2025 PN7, a small celestial body that's following a similar orbital path to our planet's without ...

A Black Moon rises tomorrow (Aug. 23), though you won't see it. Its timing makes it a rare lunar event. Tomorrow (Aug. 23), the night sky will play host to an unusual lunar event known as a Black Moon ...