The moon's orbit isn't a perfect circle. Instead, it's more stretched out, kind of like an oval, which means its distance from Earth varies by about 30,000 miles (48,000 km). The surface of the moon ...

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The first words uttered by a human standing on the moon are iconic. But so are the words from the second brazen astronaut. "Beautiful, beautiful. Magnificent desolation," marveled NASA astronaut Buzz ...

THERE is a quote I have seen a few times recently on social media platforms. From James Baldwin’s 1972 essay “No name in the street”, it goes: “There is a reason, after all, that some people wish to ...

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Your last chance to see a supermoon in 2025 is approaching quickly. The full moon is scheduled to appear this week on Thursday, Dec. 4. And even if you don't make plans to go out and see it, you'll ...

The moon is our constant companion and the only natural object that always orbits Earth. It's about four times smaller than Earth and its gravity is much weaker, which is why astronauts bounce around ...