The moon's elongated orbit around the Earth can sometimes cause the moon to appear larger. When the moon is full and its orbit is closest to Earth, the moon is in perigee – the technical name ...

The full March “worm moon” will be the first of two consecutive supermoons in 2020. Here’s when to see this full moon, and why it also carries the nickname of super worm moon.

Earth's "second moon" won't be sticking around for Thanksgiving, but just as many of us will on Thursday (Nov. 28), it seems the asteroid was paying a visit to its relatives. Analysis of the ...

These forces, along with the moon’s own gravity, have put 2020 CD3 on a pretty quirky orbit, unlike the other neat loops of the solar system. Below, the white band represents the orbit of the ...

How do you show the orbit of the Earth and moon around the Sun? You really can't, at least not to scale. Most textbooks end up making a plot where nothing is to scale. ... Is this actually true?

You might’ve seen a second so-called “moon” has recently taken up residence in our orbit. The school bus-sized asteroid will be orbiting Earth until Nov. 25.

True to form, the internet has endeavored to name an unnamed thing, ... Planets orbit stars, and moons orbit planets," the researchers wrote in their new paper (published online Oct. 9).

According to the movie’s official IMDB entry, “a mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit,” precipitating its plunge toward Earth. That’s not a lot to go on. Would there really be a ...

Over six missions to the moon, from 1969 to 1972, Apollo astronauts collected more than 800 pounds of lunar rock and soil. Chemical and isotopic analysis of that material showed that it was ...

This week, unlock the moon’s true age with Apollo 17 samples, uncover dinosaur footprints on a beach, discover a hidden ancient Antarctic landscape, and more.

This week, unlock the moon’s true age with Apollo 17 samples, uncover dinosaur footprints on a beach, discover a hidden ancient Antarctic landscape, and more.