Scientists confirm the Sun's charged particles can create water on the Moon. Learn how solar wind interacts with lunar soil.

The next new moon will occur on Monday, May 26 at 11:02 p.m. EDT (0302 GMT May 27). A new moon occurs when the moon is directly between Earth and the sun, with its shadowed side pointing towards us.

Lunar samples show evidence that solar wind could be behind the water molecules on the moon's surface, according to NASA. The ...

The moon spent a few million years as a volcanic wasteland, covered with ongoing eruptions that spewed from mountains and ...

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 ...

A lunar eclipse, which causes the moon to look dark or dimmed, occurs when Earth is between the sun and moon and the three celestial objects line up in a row so that the moon passes into our ...

The full moon, the period when the moon is at its largest and brightest, is merely one part of the lunar cycle ... see from Earth is a reflection of the sun's light shining on the moon.

(All times Eastern; * denotes a Super Moon.) The images below show ... or lunar month, lasts about 29.5 days. Though a Full Moon only occurs during the exact moment when Earth, Moon, and Sun ...