Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A supermoon — also called a sturgeon moon — rises as a jetliner approaches John F. Kennedy International airport, Thursday Aug. 11 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) farther away from the Earth every year. Scientists measure the distance to the ...

The Moon, our constant celestial companion, is drifting away from Earth at a slow but measurable rate. According to a detailed study published byThe Conversation, the Moon is moving approximately 1.5 ...

Earth has one true moon, but there are also several asteroids known as quasi-moons that are in orbit with the sun. A newly discovered asteroid, 2025 PN7, is the seventh confirmed quasi-moon that ...

The Earth has a second moon? Not exactly, though social media would have you believe it. Earth has only one true natural satellite – our 2,159-mile-wide moon located approximately 239,000 miles away.

This week in Skywatch, I want to go back to basics when it comes to the moon. So why does the moon change shape? Why is it a crescent on one night, a half-moon another night, and a full moon on yet ...

When the Moon first formed, it was a sea of molten lava. The immense gravity of Earth stretched this molten sea, raising tides on both the near and far sides. But the Moon was spinning, and that ...

The discovery of a new celestial object in the Earth's neighborhood has created a buzz online asking whether the planet now has a second moon in its orbit. Any thoughts that Earth is now going to be ...