Volcanoes May Have Caused Moon's Poles to Wander

Volcanic activity in the moon's interior billions of years ago may have moved the moon's axis about six degrees.

Mar 24, 2016 08:54 AM ET //

Mar 9, 2016 06:53 AM ET //

The moon briefly blotted out the sun for observers in a 90-mile-wide strip of land and sea over parts of Indonesia and the Pacific Ocean region.

Mar 8, 2016 12:15 PM ET //

This eerie portrait of Mars' moon Phobos in ultraviolet light was snapped by the NASA orbiter MAVEN as their orbits crossed paths.

Mar 8, 2016 09:00 AM ET //

Today the moon will pass in front of the sun, causing the first and only total solar eclipse of 2016.

Feb 22, 2016 09:13 AM ET //

It’s unclear if the astronauts ever heard the noise on subsequent passes or if other astronauts on later missions heard the sound.

Feb 11, 2016 08:37 AM ET //

The reason is the sun, moon and Earth don’t move to the tune of simple arithmetic.

Feb 9, 2016 02:30 PM ET //

When an astronaut aboard the International Space Station trained a camera on a picturesque view of the northern Mediterranean Sea, the space flyer instead captured a unique effect created by the reflection of the moon on the surface of the water.

Feb 6, 2016 03:00 AM ET //

US astronaut Edgar Mitchell, one of just 12 people to have walked on the moon, has died.

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