Discover 25 fascinating and unusual facts about the moon in our video, "25 Awesome Unusual Facts About the Moon." WATCH OUR ...

The moon's orbit isn't a perfect circle. Instead, it's more stretched out, kind of like an oval, which means its distance from Earth varies by about 30,000 miles (48,000 km). The surface of the moon ...

March’s “worm moon” sets behind Rocca Calascio castle and village in L’Aquila, Italy. Photograph by Lorenzo Di Cola, NurPhoto/Getty Images Earth’s moon phases cycle from month to month, waning and ...

These interesting facts about the moon might make you look at the night sky a little differently Unusual moon facts worth knowing How many facts about the moon do you know? There are so many ...

Artemis II echoes the Apollo-era missions that paved the way for the first moon landing — and sets the stage for what comes next.

Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Tennessee Half a century after the Apollo astronauts left the last bootprints in lunar dust, the Moon has once again become a ...

A few hours after a successful liftoff on United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket, Astrobotic's first commercial lunar lander ran into serious trouble. The robotic Peregrine lander, still in orbit ...

The mission will be the first time humans have ventured near the moon in over 50 years. Artemis 2 is a precursor to future missions that aim to land astronauts on the moon and establish a lunar ...

The famous Harvest Moon — the first of three supermoons of 2025 — will be the first full moon of autumn when it rises tonight (Oct. 6-7). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The moon is our closest celestial neighbor—and a prize to be won. It has already served as a battleground for one of history’s most epic technological triumphs, the race between the U.S. and the ...