My favorite thing to do every night is to look up at the sky to see the stars and the moon. Something is awe-inspiring about thinking about one's future while peering up at the night sky. I recall ...
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 ...
Why does the moon look close some nights and far away on other nights? – Gabriel H., age 7, Providence, Rhode Island Some nights the Moon seems really close and bigger than usual. One summer evening ...
March’s “worm moon” sets behind Rocca Calascio castle and village in L’Aquila, Italy. Photograph by Lorenzo Di Cola, NurPhoto/Getty Images Earth’s moon phases cycle from month to month, waning and ...
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