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 ...

The total lunar eclipse lasts 82 minutes, turning the Moon red, visible across Asia, Australia, Africa, and Europe.

Earth’s moon phases cycle from month to month, waning and waxing in its constant transformation from new moon to full moon and back again. This lunar cycle happens in part because the moon does not ...

(CNN) — The moon has some new stories to tell. Scientists have published the first detailed analyses of the historic cache of lunar soil and rock that China retrieved from the far side of the moon ...

The September 7 eclipse will be the longest total lunar eclipse since 2022, with a totality phase 1 hour and 22 minutes. The ...

The moon is our closest celestial neighbor—and a prize to be won. It has already served as a battleground for one of history’s most epic technological triumphs, the race between the U.S. and the ...

How often do you go to make a call on your cell phone and you’re stymied by a bad connection? Consider trying to make that call from … well, the moon. NASA engineers did when they were setting up the ...