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

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

The DSCOVR satellite's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) captured the moon transit the Earth. Credit: Space.com | ...

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

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 ...

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

There is no other moon quite like our own in the entire solar system. The Moon is unique in a lot of ways, some of which are ...

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 ...

If the Moon were to suddenly vanish from the solar system, our home planet would suffer devastating consequences ...

Moon is slowly moving away from Earth at a rate of 3.8 centimetres per year. This gradual drift affects Earth’s rotation and ...

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