The largest and closest supermoon of 2025 is on its way and you'll soon get a chance to see it illuminate Michigan skies. The beaver moon will peak the morning of Nov. 5, appearing brighter and ...

Have you ever glanced up at the night sky and noticed the moon looking larger than usual? Your eyes may not be playing tricks on you: You might be staring at a supermoon!

The so-called supermoon phenomena is set to occur again this week with optimum viewing in North America happening at dusk Thursday. During every 27-day orbit around Earth, the moon reaches both its ...

How far is the moon? I’ll bet that many of my readers know the answer; we all learned it in school. In fact, I still recall reciting it in fifth grade: ...

The Moon appears unchanging in the night sky, but its movement hides a slow transformation. For decades, scientists have observed that our satellite is gradually moving away from Earth, year after ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A quick online search will tell you that the Moon is about 238,855 miles away from the Earth. That’s a pretty long way away, but in this episode ...

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) ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Stephen DiKerby, Michigan State University (THE CONVERSATION) Advertisement Article ...