The Moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) farther away from the Earth every year. Scientists measure the distance to ...

Every year, the moon, Earth's reliable celestial companion for 4.5 billion years, is getting 1.5 inches away. The distance to ...

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

The moon looks bigger in the night sky because it is in perigee, or the point where the moon reaches its closest point to Earth along its orbit, according to NASA. Though full moons that reach perigee ...

Watch the crescent moon, Venus and the bright star Regulus align in a rare predawn close conjunction tomorrow.

Regulus, a distant star, Venus and our moon will be visible during a conjunction tonight, and how Californians can best see ...

The crescent moon aligned with Venus and the bright star Regulus on September 19, creating a rare celestial conjunction in the morning sky. Viewers in the Northern Hemisphere can still spot the trio ...

Did you see the bright star next to the moon? That was Venus, and part of a conjunction between the moon, Venus and the star ...

Our planet has apparently had a small companion that went undetected for decades. What took so long to find it and why was it ...

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

Earth has a number of mini-moons and quasi-moons. Mini-moons are objects that orbit our planet. But they make for fickle fans: They tend to swing around Earth for only a matter of months. One example ...

In a new study published in the journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, astronomers report the discovery ...