The Moon, our constant celestial companion, is drifting away from Earth at a slow but measurable rate. According to a ...

Tides come from a difference in gravity across an object. The force of gravity exerted by the Moon is about 4% stronger on the side of Earth that faces toward the Moon, compared to the opposite side ...

A supermoon occurs when a full or new moon falls during the closest point in the moon's orbit to Earth, NASA said. The full ...

Due to the influence the Earth plays on the moon’s momentum, the Earth’s rotation slows down in response, as explained by DiKerby. However, given that this is such a minor change in distance annually, ...

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

Astronomers have found yet another quasi-moon companion of Earth in its orbit around the Sun believed to be a chunk of our ...

As it spins around Earth, the moon is about to reach its closest point to the blue planet.

As of Friday, Aug. 29, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent, and 34% will be lit up to us on Earth, according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation.

The moon looks bigger in the night sky because it is in perigee, or the point where the moon reaches its closest point to ...

In March 1968, the Soviet Union had a partial success with Zond 4. With this launch, they were able to take the spacecraft ...

September’s Full Corn Moon is eclipsed for some observers, Titan passes behind Saturn, and Mars moves north of Spica in the ...

A recently observed object called 2025 PN7 was found orbiting near the Earth. The quasi-moon is expected to accompany our ...