Because the Moon is over a quarter the diameter of Earth, the Earth-Moon system is often cited as the pairing in our Solar System that is the closest to being a double planet. How ...

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

Or that the moon plays a vital role in maintaining Earth’s stability by moderating its axial wobble? If not, then these are ...

The Moon is a little over a quarter the size of the Earth, with a circumference of 10,917 kilometres around the equator and a radius (the distance from the core of the Moon to the surface) of just ...

The full moon in February was dubbed the snow moon due to the heavy snowfall typically seen this time of year, according to ...

The Boomerang Nebula holds the record for the coldest known natural place, with a temperature of just -458 degrees Fahrenheit (-272 degrees Celsius), only one degree above absolute zero. Venus takes ...

Here are the dates for the full moons in 2025. The next full moon will be on Friday, March 14, 2025. It will officially reach its full moon phase at 2:55 a.m. EDT (0755 GMT) but local moonrise ...

The Moon will pass into Earth's shadow and appear to turn red on the night of March 13 or early in the morning of March 14, depending on ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Exactly 89 days after this month’s new moon on Thursday, January 11 a total solar eclipse will occur across North America.

The February 2025 full moon will be the smallest one of the year. Here's why that is, plus the cultural and historical significance of the Snow Moon.

The Moon is a lot smaller and closer to Earth than the Sun. The Moon orbits close orbitAn orbit is a regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one. the Earth.