While the origins of these asteroids aren’t completely known, scientists believe at least one may have come from the Moon. The asteroid known as Kamo`oalewa is believed to be a fragment of the ...

A team of astronomers led by Yifei Jiao at Tsinghua University has proposed that the near-Earth asteroid Kamo'oalewa, measuring between 130-328 feet in diameter, may have originated from the Moon.

See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2024. Today, Nov. 14, 2024, the moon is 13 days old and is in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar ...

The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight. The next new moon will occur on Sunday, Dec. 1 at 1:21 a ...

Landing 12 people on the moon remains one of NASA's greatest achievements, if not the greatest. Astronauts on the Apollo missions of the 1960s and '70s collected rocks, took photos, performed ...

It sounds like something out of a science-fiction movie. For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is more than just a ...

I remember watching the full moon rise one early evening a while back. It was when I still lived in Colorado, and I was standing outside in my yard. I first noticed a glow to the east lighting up ...

This one is called Rise of the Half Moon, and it’s one of those interactive card games. The premise is simple: you play against an artificial opponent and get cards to play with different phases ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...

The Doodle commemorates October's last Quarter moon-- better known as a half moon because of its half-full appearance -- before the Waning Gibbous phase culminates in the New Moon. Advertisement A ...