Have you ever wondered why we always see the same side of the Moon, no matter where we are on Earth? While the Moon appears ...

Fortunately, the moon has plentiful water, although it is not automatically apparent. Brought to the moon by impacts of ...

This year, the Buck Moon follows Earth's aphelion, the point in its orbit farthest from the Sun, by just a few days, ...

This Thursday, skywatchers will be treated to a stunning celestial display as the first full moon of the summer, the Buck ...

Several planets stand still in the sky, Titan’s shadow transits Saturn, and Venus gives Taurus a second eye in the sky this ...

But as bright as the full Moon is as seen from Earth, the full Earth as seen from the Moon has got it beat by almost every metric possible. The Earth is about 3.67 times the diameter of the Moon ...

The moon will have a magnitude of -9.5, (the minus sign indicates a bright object over Earth), while the Red Planet will be much fainter with a magnitude of 1.8.

Fact check: Flat Earth claim based on gas pressure fails to account for gravity's impact. Researchers have confirmed the sun and moon's actual sizes and positions in space through various ...

The moon is drifting away from us. Each year, our moon moves distinctly, inexorably farther from Earth—just a tiny bit, about an inch and a half, a nearly imperceptible change. There is no ...

The moon also will appear about 14% smaller and 30% dimmer because it will be near its farthest point from Earth. ... On June 11, the full moon rises in the east shortly before sunset, ...

The Moon reaches apogee, the farthest point from Earth in its orbit, at 6:48 P.M. EDT. Our satellite will stand 252,460 miles (406,295 km) from our planet at that time.