Lunar laser ranging (LLR) remains one of the most incisive techniques for probing both the intricacies of the Earth–Moon system and the fundamental aspects of gravitational physics. By timing laser ...

October's full Moon reaches peak illumination just before 1 a.m. on Oct. 7, but astronomy aficionados with earlier bedtimes don't need to wait up that late to see it happen. Due in part to a kind of ...

Owing to the chaotic and non-integrable nature of three-body dynamics, the conventional Keplerian elements are rendered inadequate for cataloging cislunar space objects. Currently, there has been a ...