Here’s a trick question: How many moons does Earth have? And to be clear, I mean natural satellites, not human-made ones. I remind you, this is a trick question. The answer is one—the moon. See?

The Earth now has another moon to tag along during its orbit around the Sun. Astronomers found out that the Earth has two moons while using the Pan-STARRS survey at the Haleakala Observatory in Hawaii ...

The near-Earth asteroid Kamo'oalewa, which orbits alongside our planet as a 'minimoon,' may have originated from Giordano Bruno crater on the far side of the moon, new research suggests. When you ...

Earth should have captured a temporary "second moon" on Sunday (Sept. 29). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA scientists ...

This is a beautiful Lego space set, with approximate month and year positions of the earth's and moon's orbit around the sun and gives plenty of STEM stimulation at the same time. Size and distances ...

The Moon's phases are caused by changing amounts of sunlight reflecting off its surface as it orbits Earth. Lunar eclipses happen during a Full Moon when Earth is between the Sun and Moon. Solar ...

Two primary theories explain planetary moon formation: gravitational capture within a planet's Hill sphere radius and simultaneous formation with the solar system during its accretion disk phase. A ...

A supermoon appears when the Moon, in its elliptical orbit around Earth, reaches perigee (a point closest to Earth) during a ...