The Moon drifts 3.82 cm away from Earth each year, silently stretching our days and threatening future planetary wobble, ...

YR4 asteroid has a near-zero chance of striking Earth, but a slim chance of hitting the moon, new research says.

Furthermore, the findings bolster the theory that the moon formed when a giant, Mars -size protoplanet slammed into the young ...

The Earth had recently formed (4,600 million years ... Some models suggest that a second moon, just a few hundred kilometers across, formed past the far side and then slowly approached the moon ...

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still has a chance of smashing into the moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

The second partial solar eclipse of the year ... Instead of that sunlight hitting the moon’s surface, Earth's shadow falls on it. Total lunar eclipses are often called a "blood moon" because ...

A new moon occurs when the moon is directly between Earth and the sun ... 2025, as per the second definition of the third new moon in a season of four new moons. Looking for a telescope to ...

The total lunar eclipse that unveiled a reddish blood moon overnight to nearly half of Earth looked a bit different from the vantage of our celestial neighbor. The Blue Ghost lunar lander ...

March's full "Blood Worm Moon," a phenomenon that makes the moon appear red during a total lunar eclipse, is visible this week for Americans and others in Earth's Western Hemisphere. The full moon ...

April skies feature close planet pairings, a bright meteor shower, and stunning views of the ancient star cluster M3.