Earth just got itself a second moon, an asteroid named 2025 PN7. Astronomers have spotted the rock, researchers confirmed this week, saying that it qualifies as a “quasi moon”. The small space rock ...

In 1966, NASA's Lunar Orbiter 1 captured the first image of Earth from the Moon. This photograph showed Earth as a fragile sphere. It changed humanity's perspective. The Lunar Orbiter program aimed to ...

The Moon is rusting — and it’s Earth’s fault. Scientists have found that oxygen particles blown from Earth to the Moon can turn lunar minerals into haematite, also known as rust 1. The discovery adds ...

The moon's surface may be more than just a dusty, barren landscape. Over billions of years, tiny particles from Earth's atmosphere have landed in the lunar soil, creating a possible source of ...

Our Moon is slowly drifting away from Earth, not just due to tidal friction as previously thought. New research suggests ancient planetary impacts and Earth's internal cooling, causing contraction and ...

The Moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) farther away from the Earth every year. Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and ...