The Moon is Earth’s closest neighbor—but it’s still full of mystery. Here are 10 incredible facts about the Moon that will leave you stunned. Episode 3 dives deeper into its strangest secrets.
The moon's orbit isn't a perfect circle. Instead, it's more stretched out, kind of like an oval, which means its distance from Earth varies by about 30,000 miles (48,000 km). The surface of the moon ...
As of 2025, only twelve people have ever set foot on the moon—all of them American astronauts from NASA’s Apollo missions ...
The first words uttered by a human standing on the moon are iconic. But so are the words from the second brazen astronaut. "Beautiful, beautiful. Magnificent desolation," marveled NASA astronaut Buzz ...
As astronaut Neil Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 lunar mission, stepped onto the moon July 20, 1969, he uttered the famous phrase, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” ...
The Apollo 11 moon landing went down in history as a pinnacle of scientific and technological achievement, but that doesn't stop people from thinking it was fake. Decades after Neil Armstrong's ...
March’s “worm moon” sets behind Rocca Calascio castle and village in L’Aquila, Italy. Photograph by Lorenzo Di Cola, NurPhoto/Getty Images Earth’s moon phases cycle from month to month, waning and ...
Ready to say hello to the official start of the fall season of 2023? It’s the time of the year when we crave apple cider doughnuts and search for perfect pumpkins as the September air turns cooler and ...
The December full moon is on the rise - and it's an interesting one. The December full moon is on Dec. 15 this year. According to The Farmer's Almanac it will be 100% illuminated on Dec. 15, 4:02 a.m.