Some nights when we look up at the moon, it is full and bright; sometimes it is just a sliver of silvery light. These changes in appearance are the phases of the moon. As the moon orbits Earth ...

Most of the time, the full moon isn't perfectly full. We always see the same side of the moon, but part of it is in shadow, due to the moon's rotation. Only when the moon, Earth and the sun are ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched ... Though the term suggests a color, Blue Moons aren’t truly blue. Very occasionally, atmospheric conditions ...

A research team from the University of Göttingen and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) has discovered ...

Researchers have unveiled new findings that reshape our understanding of the Moon's formation and Earth's early hydration.

A research team has discovered another piece in the puzzle of the formation of the Moon and water on Earth. The prevailing theory was that the Moon was the result of a collision between the early ...

A tiny asteroid loitering in a near-Earth orbit for a few months last year may have an intriguing origin on our moon. Its ...

The study suggests that the Moon likely formed largely from Earth's mantle material — with minimal involvement from Theia.

For the past week, an uncrewed lunar lander has been journeying through outer space on a 60-day mission to the moon on behalf ...

This suggests it might be lunar ejecta, making it only the second known asteroid to come from the Moon. Representative Image Last year, Earth’s moon had a companion for a few months, which ...

See footage Orion Spacecraft, moon and Earth shortly before its "outbound powered flyby burn". Orion was less than 2000 miles ...