However, this almost-mini-moon is still special as it is potentially a piece of the real moon, said Dr. Teddy Kareta, a postdoctoral associate at Lowell Observatory in Arizona. Kareta is the lead ...

Now, one team has concluded that 2024 PT5 is a chunk of the real moon. The rock was most likely flung into space by an impact on the lunar surface that occurred sometime within the past tens of ...

Tonight’s moon will be the biggest and brightest of the year, thanks to the convergence of two lunar events: a blue moon and a supermoon, which won’t be seen again until Jan. 31, 2037.

A huge rock orbiting near Earth appears to have originated from the moon, the second such object known to exist, with maybe more than a dozen awaiting discovery. The asteroid, called 2024 PT5 ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons on the lunar far side.

The bigger and brighter moon will be visible until Tuesday evening, according to NASA. Photo: Charles Rex Arbogast/Associated Press ...