Using Einstein's theory of general relativity, physicists found that clocks on the moon would run 56 microseconds faster than ...

For central and eastern time zones, the black moon will officially occur on December 1. Though a black moon isn't visible, it creates an ideal stargazing environment. A new moon is when the moon is ...

Back in April, the White House issued a challenge to scientists to develop a lunar time standard to support future moon bases ...

It was the smallest full Moon of the year. Why the Moon change size? Its orbit of Earth is not perfectly round, but elliptical. So in any given month there is a point when its closest to us and ...

Different places in the US get their first snow at different times of the year, which means that names for this full Moon ...

What if humanity's backup was on the moon? Well, that may just be the plan ... especially while conditions on Earth continue to change rapidly. Creatures of the Earth could be preserved in ...

Mercury may be retrograding, but nothing can stop the magic of the upcoming new moon in Sagittarius. This lunation technically straddles the line between two calendar months, as it crests at 10:21 ...

Now, the moon may not hold as much sway over human reproduction. But without it, something else we care equally about would change — the weather. Tides and tidal currents help mix cold arctic ...

For the first time in history, a space mission has touched down on the far side of the moon. China's Chang'e-4 probe landed in the the oldest and deepest basin on the moon's surface. Making the ...

It would slash the cost of lunar exploration. Finding a source of water on the moon would change everything A rocket carrying the Peregrine lunar lander lifts off. Pic: NASA/Isaac Watson A rocket ...