New research explores if the moon was captured by Earth or formed by a collision. Scientists weigh theories, analyzing lunar ...

"We came all this way to explore the moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the Earth." — astronaut Bill Anders. At one point in Apollo 8's lunar orbit, the Earth came into ...

Although the rocks that record the earliest parts of Earth’s history have been destroyed or deformed over time by more than four billion years of geology, scientists can use modern rocks, moon samples ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Our moon is on the move. Each year, it drifts an estimated 1.5 inches further away from Earth. And in the process, Earth's rotation is actually ...

Our moon goes through phases and sometimes turns red or disappears into shadows. Here's what you need to know about the full moon. Amanda Kooser Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets ...

It sounds like something out of a science-fiction movie. For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is more than just a ...

These changes in appearance are the phases of the moon. As the moon orbits Earth, it cycles through eight distinct phases. The four primary phases of the moon (new moon, first quarter, full moon ...

Can you guess? It's the scientific part. The scientific explanation for the moon's phases is due to its position in relation to the Earth and the sun, causing different portions of the moon to be ...

Earth is about to pluck a second moon from an asteroid belt — but we only get this mini-moon for 57 days. It's an asteroid about the size of a school bus, at 35 feet long, and it has a typical ...

This autumn, Earth is about to get a second moon—a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5—that will orbit the planet for about two months between September 29 and November 25 before escaping gravity.

About the same diameter as Earth’s moon, the innermost of Jupiter’s four giant moons is covered in volcanoes, some emitting sulfurous plumes hundreds of miles into space. It’s been imaged by ...

Pretty darn close, at least by lunar standards. The moon's orbit around Earth is not a perfect circle, writes NASA. It varies in distance, from about 221,457 miles to 252,712 miles away.