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

Recent scientific research has unearthed an intriguing proposition that Earth may have once been orbited by two moons instead ...

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(Thumbnail image depicts the Full Corn Moon in the sky on the night of September 7, 2025, with the planet Saturn nearby ...

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

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases the size of the Moon’s orbit. This means that the Moon gets slightly farther ...

Today, Sept. 3, 2025, the moon is 11 days old and is in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 81% illuminated.

On Sunday, September 7 there will be a blood moon, or total lunar eclipse. Falling in pisces, it will spark imagination, ...

Learn more about tides and tidal bulge, and how they’re contributing to the moon drifting away.

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On the Red Planet, aurorae glow green because the charged particles collide with oxygen atoms high above Mars. They may be ...

A rare black moon darkens the sky on Aug. 23, 2025, followed by a close encounter between the young crescent and Mars just days later.