As of Wednesday, Jan. 7, the moon phase is Waning Gibbous. According to NASA's Daily Moon Guide, 80% of the moon will be lit ...

A new study reveals that tiny fragments of Earth's atmosphere are transported to and absorbed by the moon via gusts of solar ...

During its initial molten phase, the Moon experienced tidal bulges on its near and far sides due to Earth's immense gravitational pull. The Moon's rotation initially carried these gravitationally ...

As of Sunday, Dec. 28, the moon phase is Waxing Gibbous. According to NASA's Daily Moon Observation, 58% of the moon will be ...

An image of a full moon. - Photo by Omer Tarsuslu/Anadolu via Getty Images It's day four of the lunar cycle, which means the Moon is starting to come back into view. In fact, each night it will get ...

Why does the same side of the Moon always face Earth? I know this is called tidal locking, but what is the underlying mechanism for this? Bill Carroll Chicago, Illinois When the Moon first formed, it ...

The NASA Artemis II mission, set to lift off as soon as February, will mark the first time astronauts have aimed to venture beyond near-Earth orbit since 1972.

In the U.S., the New Moon occurs tonight, Dec. 19, when the Moon is nearly invisible in the night sky, ending the waning crescent phase and beginning a new lunar cycle. However, in other parts of the ...

We're close to the New Moon, which means it's almost the beginning of a new lunar cycle. The lunar cycle is the roughly 29.5-day period during which the Moon orbits Earth and appears to change shape ...

Popocatépetl emerged in the crater of other volcanoes in its current form more than 20,000 years ago and has been active ...