The Moon appears unchanging in the night sky, but its movement hides a slow transformation. For decades, scientists have observed that our satellite is gradually moving away from Earth, year after year. This subtle phenomenon, invisible to the naked eye ...

According to observations of young ridges see on the far side, Earth's moon is not geologically dead, as previously believed.

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 astronauts. By measuring the amount of time it takes light ...

The Moon is not a fixed lantern in the sky but a slow-moving partner that is gradually edging away from Earth. That retreat is tiny on human timescales, yet over millions and billions of years it reshapes our days, our tides, and even the way life can ...

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The Moon is not, in fact, a giant cosmic wheel of Gouda. In a landmark paper published in Nature, researchers from the French National Center of Scientific Research delivered a hard truth: the Moon is actually packing a solid inner core of material with a ...

Even our moon is kicking off the new year with a bang! The first full moon of 2026 will appear in night skies this weekend, as one of the biggest and brightest of the year. Here's what to know about January's supermoon. January's full moon, dubbed "the ...