Every year, the moon, Earth's reliable celestial companion for 4.5 billion years, is getting 1.5 inches away. The distance to ...

On Sept. 18, 1977, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a photo of Earth and the moon. It was the first time both the Earth and ...

The moon's gravity causes high and low tides, something known as the tidal force. As the tidal force shifts Earth's mass, it ...

Long ago, the Moon was much nearer Earth. Scientists believe a protoplanet collision created the Moon 4.5 billion years ago.

Our planet has apparently had a small companion that went undetected for decades. What took so long to find it and why was it ...

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases ...

In a new study published in the journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, astronomers report the discovery ...

The next full moon will be the largest and brightest full moon of the year - the October 2025 harvest supermoon. Here's what ...

On Sunday, the "Corn Moon" will reach its peak illumination at 2:09 p.m., appearing full in the eastern sky by nightfall.

The U.S. and China are in a sprint toward manned missions to the lunar surface by the end of this decade, with sights on 2029 ...

Quantum cryogenics manufacturer Bluefors is betting big on Interlune, a startup that aims to extract Helium-3 from the lunar ...

This weekend's September new moon will rise amid a partial solar eclipse, giving way to the autumnal equinox. Here's when, where it will be visible ...