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 ...

Earth is home, but it’s also full of surprises. Some of these facts might make you stop and say, “Wait, is that true?” Let’s ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. The moon landing was watched by an estimated 600 million people around the world. July 20, 1969 – [4:17 p.m. EDT] Apollo 11 becomes ...

Lee's statements about the moon were incorrect. After the gaffe, she posted on X that she “misspoke” and “meant to say the sun” when referring to gases. On April 8, 2024, U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, ...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX said Thursday that it’s considering changing unspecified parts of its plan to land U.S. astronauts on the Moon after the head of NASA said the company is “behind schedule” and said ...

My favorite thing to do every night is to look up at the sky to see the stars and the moon. Something is awe-inspiring about thinking about one's future while peering up at the night sky. I recall ...

The Cassini spacecraft flew by the small, icy moon in 2008, collecting information that suggests it shoots out molecules that ...