Astronomers recently detected a stray quasi-moon in our planet’s orbit, but it's hardly the first stowaway to hang out around ...
Something called a "quasi-moon" was discovered in August, and now many are wondering if we should count our new neighbor as a ...
NASA just confirmed that a quasi-moon has been orbiting since 1960. Here is everything to know about what is being called a "second moon." ...
Interest in the moon has been high – just in the past two years there have been 12 attempts to send missions to the moon, ...
Our Moon is slowly drifting away from Earth, not just due to tidal friction as previously thought. New research suggests ancient planetary impacts and ...
Though decades have passed since the Space Race took place, Earth’s moon remains the only place beyond our planet where humans have set foot. As the brightest and largest object in our night sky, the ...
The Moon is not, in fact, a giant cosmic wheel of Gouda. In a landmark paper published in Nature, researchers from the French ...
On November 20, 2025, skywatchers can look forward to a unique celestial event: the New Moon will be at its farthest distance from Earth for the next 18 years. This impressive distance highlights how ...
This effect is also based on how close the moon is to the Earth, because closer objects have more pull. We see higher tides ...
A Japanese astronomer captured two lunar impact flashes — caused by meteor strikes on the moon — just two days apart on video ...