Google Earth Lands on the Moon . In commemoration of some minor scientific curiosity from 40 years ago, Google has launched Moon for Google Earth, giving everyone’s favorite dus ...

The Moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) farther away from the Earth every year. Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the night sky. Some nights when we look up at the moon, it is full and bright; sometimes ...

The Moon is not a fixed lantern in the sky but a slow-moving partner that is gradually edging away from Earth. That retreat is tiny on human timescales, yet over millions and billions of years it ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) ...

New research suggests that Theia, the object whose collision with Earth is theorized to have caused the formation of the moon, came from closer to the sun. Artist’s impression of the collision between ...