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

Every year, the moon, Earth's reliable celestial companion for 4.5 billion years, is getting 1.5 inches away. The distance to the moon is calculated by measuring the amount of time it takes for light ...

The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as far as we know. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get visitors, most often in the form of (usually harmless) asteroids. Some even ...

A few nights ago, while taking a walk, I looked up and saw the Moon particularly round, with a few wispy clouds drifting nearby. Suddenly, a silly thought popped into my head—what if the Moon suddenly ...

Experiments on Earth indicate some common species of bacteria and fungi could survive for several days on the moon's surface, ...

A rogue rocket booster could collide with the moon in the next few weeks, according to space experts, an event that could leave a crater on the far side of the moon. The SpaceX Falcon rocket stage was ...

On Aug. 23, 1966, NASA's Lunar Orbiter 1 sent back the first photo of Earth from the moon. It showed a grainy crescent Earth ...

The moon goes by many names. August saw the full sturgeon moon while in March sky-gazers may have witnessed the blood moon, which occurs when the satellite appears to turn red during a lunar eclipse.