Chinese researchers analyzed the first-ever soil samples returned from the far side of the moon, but further samples will be ...

Tiandu-2 and Queqiao-2 satellites have successfully tested communications from moon orbit to Earth. Credit: Space.com | ...

Tiandu-2 and Queqiao-2 satellites successfully tested communications from moon orbit to Earth. Credit: Space.com | footage ...

April’s pink “micromoon” will appear smaller than other full moons this year as it nears its farthest point from Earth in its ...

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

Titan’s coastlines lack river deltas, surprising scientists and raising questions about its active surface processes.

Moon is slowly moving away from Earth at a rate of 3.8 centimetres per year. This gradual drift affects Earth’s rotation and ...

The Pink Moon is the smallest of any moon in 2025. It will reach full illumination at 8:22 p.m. -- but don't expect it to be ...

Originally, the hypothesis was that Theia gave the Earth a glancing blow, and the proto-Earth and Theia lost pieces ending up as one or two moons that eventually formed the Moon. It was thought that a ...

The Pink Moon, April's full moon, will reach peak illumination April 12. The previous full moon was March's Worm Moon, which ...

The micromoon refers to a full moon that rises when the celestial body is the farthest from Earth, which NASA states is about ...

The micromoon, coinciding with the first full moon of spring, "The Pink Moon," will reach peak illumination at 8:22 p.m.