Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) farther away from the Earth every year. Scientists measure the distance to the ...

Over the moon and under the radar ...

The Moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) farther away from the Earth every year. Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and ...

The first supermoon of 2025 will take to the night sky on October 6, 2025, marking the first of three of these lunar spectaculars this year. Bill Stefanis - stock.adobe.com People are over the moon ...

A bird wings by as the waxing moon rises over Santa Cruz on Friday. Oct.’s famous Harvest Moon — the first of three supermoons of 2025 — will be the first full moon of autumn when it rises on Monday ...

For decades, scientists have puzzled over why lunar rocks show signs of strong magnetism when the moon itself has no global magnetic field today. New simulations suggest the answer may lie in a ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. “Is the Moon getting farther away from Earth?” – ...