The leading explanation for all of these mysteries is known as the giant impact hypothesis. According to this story, when the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander has captured the first high-definition sunset pictures from the moon.

"We want to get to Mars. We don't want to stop there." Artemis II astronauts talk Moon and future Mars missions at SXSW 2025.

A team of geologists at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, the Institute of Space Sciences and the Shandong ...

Last year, astronomers announced that a planet orbits Barnard’s star. Now, researchers have confirmed the existence of three more.

March's full "Blood Worm Moon," a phenomenon that makes the moon appear red during a total lunar eclipse, is visible this week for Americans and others in Earth's Western Hemisphere. The full moon ...

Here is when you can see the full moon according to NASA's Sky Event Calendar: April 12 (Pink Moon) — 0:22 UTC (Apr 13), 8:22 ...

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With a whopping total of 274 moons, researchers say Saturn’s tug of war with Jupiter for the title is settled once and for ...

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Illustration of a stage in the formation of the Earth-moon system. The Earth had recently formed (4,600 million years ago) when it was struck by a large protoplanet, sometimes dubbed Theia ...

so what we see from Earth is a reflection of the sun's light shining on the moon. Still, the moon is orbiting around the Earth while the Earth is orbiting around the sun, which affects how much ...