Apparently, it’s moving further away from the Earth each year. At an annual rate of 3.82 centimeters, the moon's creeping ...

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

The crescent moon will be the centerpiece of April's final astronomical event as it bunches up with Venus, Saturn and Mercury ...

Originally, the hypothesis was that Theia gave the Earth a glancing blow, and the proto-Earth and Theia lost pieces ending up as one or two moons that eventually formed the Moon. It was thought that a ...

Over time, it cooled and clumped into a single massive body—the moon. That impact didn’t just create a satellite; it helped define Earth’s structure, tilt, and rotation. Clues about this ...

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

A micromoon is set to occur Saturday as the full moon for April is set rise when the celestial body is at its farthest point ...

The micromoon, coinciding with the first full moon of spring, "The Pink Moon," will reach peak illumination at 8:22 p.m.

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

The Pink Moon, April's full moon, will reach peak illumination April 12. The previous full moon was March's Worm Moon, which ...