The moon in all its glistening glory has been the subject of astrology, anthologies, flicks and folklore for centuries. Still, people peer at the crater-studded orb with a sense of bewilderment. The ...

March’s “worm moon” sets behind Rocca Calascio castle and village in L’Aquila, Italy. Photograph by Lorenzo Di Cola, NurPhoto/Getty Images Earth’s moon phases cycle from month to month, waning and ...

Discover interesting facts about how the moon formed, what it's made out of, and the many missions humans have launched to explore it. The leading theory is that the moon formed about 4.4 billion ...

Luna: Earth’s beautiful companion. It is forever locked looking at us, it even pulls on the oceans twice a day to let us know it’s there. The story of Earth’s moon is a romantic (and violent) tale ...

May 25, 1961 - President John F. Kennedy addresses Congress, “First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and ...

Astronomers have discovered landslides on the Moon triggered by geological activity under the lunar surface. A team from China observed the so-called moonquakes using before-and-after satellite ...

The moon may seem mundane, yet it benefits and influences life on Earth in many ways, from the moonlight it sheds to the tides it creates. It has also influenced human culture, featuring in mythology ...