The second full moon of the year − appropriately called the snow moon − will reach its peak Wednesday evening.

A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the mystery of why no ringed moons exist today.

Skywatchers on Thursday evening, Feb. 6, will notice an eye-catching pairing-off between two of the brightest objects in the ...

Earth's moon will soon have a temporary junior companion, an apparent mini moon revolving around our planet for about two months. In a rare event, an asteroid will be captured by Earth's gravity ...

Despite predictions that the asteroid might become a temporary mini-moon whirling around Earth, the space rock maintained a horseshoe orbit that brought it close, but it never actually entered ...

So, let's say there is this collection of lunar chunks floating around out there. They can give insight into how impacts affect the moon or other bodies such as Earth and Mars. They would also ...

While it has been established that water exists on the Moon, pinpointing its precise locations presents a formidable ...

THE moon is just a chunk of the Earth and not mainly part of an ancient planet as previously thought, scientists claim. Experts had believed our satellite was created when hypothetical body Theia ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...

I recently saw a YouTube video by Hank Green discussing how important the Galilean moons are in our understanding of the solar system and the universe as a whole. The ...