The moon is not a reflection of Earth, despite a viral TikTok clip circulating online. The moon is a satellite that rotates around the Earth, pulled in by gravity.

Most scientists believe the rate at which the moon and Earth have been bombarded by meteorites has remained constant for the past two to three billion years. Understanding the age of craters on the ...

In 2012, NASA rang in the New Year with a fresh mission — sending the Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory, also known as GRAIL, spacecraft to the moon. As the first endeavor intended to ...

Earth is the only rocky planet in the solar system with a significant moon. And the moon really is significant: It's roughly 1.2% the mass of Earth.

Scientists think Earth formed about 4.5 billion years ago, and previous research suggested the moon arose a short time later. The leading explanation for the moon's origin is that it resulted from ...