As of Saturday, Sept. 20, the moon phase is Waning Crescent, and it is only 2% lit up to us on Earth, according to NASA's ...

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

The next full moon will be the largest and brightest full moon of the year - the October 2025 harvest supermoon. Here's what ...

Tides come from a difference in gravity across an object. The force of gravity exerted by the Moon is about 4% stronger on the side of Earth that faces toward the Moon, compared to the opposite side ...

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 ...

May has arrived, and with it comes some beautiful evening weather to help us enjoy our night sky. This week, the full moon occurs on Wednesday, May 10, and, as the full moon always does, it will rise ...

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

Due to the influence the Earth plays on the moon’s momentum, the Earth’s rotation slows down in response, as explained by DiKerby. However, given that this is such a minor change in distance annually, ...

Three celestial bodies are preparing to meet up for one night in September in a cosmic conjunction that should be widely ...

Astronomers have found yet another quasi-moon companion of Earth in its orbit around the Sun believed to be a chunk of our ...

The moon and Venus will shine vividly alongside a bright star in the early morning in a celestial rendezvous that should be visible across the U.S.

In March 1968, the Soviet Union had a partial success with Zond 4. With this launch, they were able to take the spacecraft ...