A mini moon that will bid farewell to Earth soon may in fact be a small hunk of the big moon — the one that has loomed far ...

New research shows that volcanoes erupted on the far side of the moon billions of years ago, mirroring activity on the near ...

The first lunar samples from the moon’s far side differ in some interesting ways from those collected from the near side, ...

China's Chang'e-6 robotic spacecraft in June made history by retrieving the first surface samples from the far side of the ...

November's full moon, known as the Beaver Moon, is the last supermoon of 2024. Here's when it peaks and why it's called the ...

Astronomers at the Complutense University of Madrid first spotted this intriguing event using a powerful telescope in ...

Researchers analyzed lunar soil brought back by China's Chang'e-6, the first spacecraft to return with a haul of rocks and ...

The final supermoon of 2024, the Beaver Moon of November, thrilled skywatchers around the world as it ushered in the weekend ...

For nearly 40 years, scientists have generally agreed that Earth's Moon formed from debris after a massive collision with our ...

See the epic view of the moon and Earth captured by the Orion spacecraft ahead of its outbound powered flyby. Credit: NASA / ...

New Yorkers are in for a celestial treat tonight, as November's Full Beaver Moon, the final supermoon of 2024, graces the ...