Chinese researchers analyzed the first-ever soil samples returned from the far side of the moon, but further samples will be ...

Scientists say gravity as well as tidal forces are responsible for pushing the moon further away from our planet ...

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

Multiple spacecraft captured the moon's shadow sweeping across North America at more than 1,500 mph during the 2024 total ...

Despite decades of searching for this signal, astronomers have yet to find it. The problem is that our Earth is too noisy, making it nearly impossible to capture this whisper. The solution is to go to ...

April’s pink “micromoon” will appear smaller than other full moons this year as it nears its farthest point from Earth in its ...

Scientists have long noted differences between the lunar near side and far side. While the near side periodically passes ...

YR4 is heading away from Earth and will soon be out of view of ground-based telescopes until June 2028 ... Earth may no ...

Soil and rocks returned from the moon's far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth ...

Only when the moon, Earth and the sun are perfectly aligned is the moon 100% full. And sometimes — once in a blue moon — the moon is full twice in a month (or four times in a season ...

The micromoon refers to a full moon that rises when the celestial body is the farthest from Earth, which NASA states is about a 251,000-mile distance.

An asteroid which could be up to 220 feet wide will now miss Earth - but the chances of the space rock slamming into the moon ...