The moon's ascending node (the point in the sky where its orbit crosses the ecliptic from south to north) is moving westward ...

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is no matter where we are in the ...

Only when the moon, Earth and the sun are perfectly aligned is the moon 100% full. And sometimes — once in a blue moon — the moon is full twice in a month (or four times in a season ...

Asteroid 2024 PT5, which almost became a temporary mini-moon to Earth, was recently found to be a broken-off part of the moon ...

THE moon is just a chunk of the Earth and not mainly part of an ancient planet as previously thought, scientists claim. Experts had believed our satellite was created when hypothetical body Theia ...

A colossal impact billions of years ago carved out the canyons that rival the most breathtaking features here on Earth in a ...

The Blue Ghost spacecraft will attempt a lunar landing on Sunday, March 2 after roughly 45 days orbiting both Earth and the moon itself. The lengthy orbital period will enable mission operators to ...

A small space rock that lingered near Earth last year and was referred to as its temporary “mini-moon” may actually be a chunk of the moon that chipped off thousands of years ago. The ...