Where did our moon come from? The origin is even stranger than you may imagine. Where did our unique moon come from? It turns out that lunar rocks brought back by Apollo astronauts are a clue, ...

As the Earth flies through space in its celestial dance around the sun, it's accompanied by its perpetual partner, the moon.

All summer long, Short Wave has been on a 10-episode odyssey through the changing universe. We've covered planets, stars, life in space and even the possible ends of the universe. But there was one ...

The moon is Earth's constant companion. It's up there in the sky, transforming from a curved sliver to a disc and back again. Some nights, it disappears. We sing songs about it and send spacecraft and ...

It’s a general rule in science that the more you know about some aspect of the natural world, the better you understand it. But rules are sometimes broken, and the question of how Earth got its Moon ...

The lunar surface is covered by numerous craters that date back to the impacts of asteroids. Age determinations on lunar rocks formed during these impacts show a surprising clustering at ages of about ...

The Hunter's Supermoon, the biggest full moon of 2024, will take to the skies later this week, occurring within mere hours of the moon’s closest approach to Earth. Here’s what you need to know about ...

As of Monday, Nov. 3, the moon phase is Waxing Gibbous. There will be 94% of the moon lit up tonight, according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation.

Our moon goes through phases, sometimes turning red or disappearing into shadows. Here's what you need to know about the full moon. Amanda Kooser Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and ...