Every time the Moon reaches perihelion—or more accurately, the part of its orbit where its motion brings it closer to Earth ...

A rare total lunar eclipse will turn the Moon a deep coppery red tonight, offering skywatchers a safe and spectacular ...

The Blood Moon 2026 will be one of the most anticipated astronomical events of the year. Discover when it will happen, its meaning and the predictions it brings for you ...

The Pisces Moon on March 16, 2026 arrives just days before the New Moon, intensifying emotions, intuition, and creativity.

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles within this cloud collided and clumped together, driven by gravity and ...

The Moon may preserve a chemical record of Earth’s ancient atmosphere, and those same materials could one day support future ...

Tiny bits of Earth’s atmosphere have been drifting to the moon for billions of years, guided by Earth’s magnetic field. Rather than blocking particles, the magnetic field can funnel them along ...

The Moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) farther away from the Earth every year. Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and ...

When the Moon first formed, it was a sea of molten lava. The immense gravity of Earth stretched this molten sea, raising tides on both the near and far sides. But the Moon was spinning, and that ...