For billions of years, the Moon has been orbiting Earth. At an average distance of around 384,400 kilometres, it shapes life on our planet more profoundly than many people realise.

A peer-reviewed study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that climate change is now lengthening Earth’s days at a rate that could soon exceed the slowing effect of ...

What is the best place to study the Earth’s climate? The Moon, according to one US researcher. Shoapeng Huang, at the University of Wisconsin, has got hold of temperature records taken by instruments ...

Climate change is slowing Earth's rotation at a pace scientists say hasn't occurred in at least 3.6 million years, according to new research from the University of Vienna and ETH Zurich. The planet's ...

The U.S. is poised to return to the moon this coming April as part of a reenergized manned space program that is emboldened rather than deterred by the risks and challenges irrevocably attached to the ...

Some ground-based telescopes are also looking to capture images of the lunar site following the rocket’s impact ...

For all its ancient, familiar features, the Moon is still changing—and sometimes in dramatic ways. Scientists recently identified a fresh 22-meter-wide crater by comparing orbital images taken years ...