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

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

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

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

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

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

A micromoon is set to occur Saturday as the full moon for April is set rise when the celestial body is at its farthest point ...

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 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.

The April full moon will also be a micro moon, meaning it will appear slightly smaller than usual in the sky due to its ...

Over time, it cooled and clumped into a single massive body—the moon. That impact didn’t just create a satellite; it helped define Earth’s structure, tilt, and rotation. Clues about this ...