Earth's most constant companion and the easiest celestial object to find in the night sky, the Moon has been fascinating ...

Discover interesting facts about how the moon formed, what it's made out of, and the many missions humans have launched to ...

Although the moon still holds mysteries, we've learned a lot about our planet's natural satellite. Here are 10 fascinating facts about the moon. Related: 25 weird and wild solar system facts The ...

The first words uttered by a human standing on the moon are iconic. But so are the words from the second brazen astronaut. "Beautiful, beautiful. Magnificent desolation," marveled NASA astronaut ...

Half the Moon is lit again, but it’s the opposite side from the first quarter. Third Quarter. Photo Credit: Flickr ...

The finding could explain the long-running mystery of why the surfaces of the lunar near and far sides are so different.

Apollo 11 is a story well-documented. But with so many people involved in the mission and the immense influence of the Moon landing, some facts have fallen into relative obscurity. Here are a few ...

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 the ...

How do you tell a fictional story about a fake moon landing with some real facts sprinkled in? That was the challenge facing Rose Gilroy as she wrote “Fly Me to the Moon,” a romantic comedy ...

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 ...

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