A mini moon that will bid farewell to Earth soon may in fact be a small hunk of the big moon — the one that has loomed far ...

While Earth’s second moon may be temporary, its presence opens up new avenues for research and discovery. As we continue to ...

No, it’s obviously the Earth’s famous second moon. Asteroids generally do one of three things when they get a but too close ...

Earth may have had a ring made up of a broken asteroid over 400 million years ago, a study finds. The Saturn-like feature ...

Scientists analyzed the first and only rock samples from the region, which were brought back to Earth as part of a recent ...

New research explores if the moon was captured by Earth or formed by a collision. Scientists weigh theories, analyzing lunar ...

India plans to build a moon-orbiting space station by 2040 as part of its ambitious roadmap to establish a long-term presence ...

The full moon this week will be a spectacular Beaver Supermoon—the last in a series of four supermoons this year. Here's how ...

The full 'beaver moon' on Friday, November 15, concludes 2024's supermoon series, appearing larger and brighter in the sky.

The first lunar samples from the moon’s far side differ in some interesting ways from those collected from the near side, ...

As the moon orbits Earth, it cycles through eight distinct phases. The four primary phases of the moon (new moon, first quarter, full moon, last quarter) occur about a week apart, with the full ...

New research shows that volcanoes erupted on the far side of the moon billions of years ago, mirroring activity on the near ...