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Is the moon a planet?
By Briley Lewis published
The moon is a round, rocky body, but is it a planet? The answer, scientists say, is complicated.

New study confirms the moon is older than we realized — and reveals why we previously got it wrong
By Harry Baker published
Scientists have shown that a "remelting event" more than 4.3 billion years ago "reset" the internal clock of most lunar rocks, which has helped obscure the moon's true age.

Moon quiz: What do you know about our nearest celestial neighbor?
By Christina Hughes published
Quiz How's your moon knowledge? Full, half, or total eclipse?

Cold Moon 2024: Watch the final full moon of the year rise with Jupiter this weekend
By Jamie Carter last updated
The Cold Moon — the 12th and final full moon of 2024 — will rise on Sunday (Dec. 15). It will ascend higher into the night sky than any other full moon this year to sit alongside the planet Jupiter.

Artemis Program: NASA's plan to send humans back to the moon
By Adam Mann last updated
Basic information about the Artemis program's Space Launch System and Orion capsule.

Time moves faster on the moon, new study of Einstein's relativity shows
By Matthew R. Francis, Eos.org published
Using Einstein's theory of general relativity, physicists found that clocks on the moon would run 56 microseconds faster than clocks on Earth. That finding will help future lunar missions navigate.

Canada wants your help to name its 1st moon rover
By Elizabeth Howell published
Canada will soon roll a rover onto the moon, and you can help name the pioneering machine.

Earth's '2nd moon' escapes our planet's orbit — will it ever return?
By Ben Turner published
The mini-moon 2024 PT5, which has been orbiting Earth for two months and is likely a chunk of the moon, will now drift away from our planet in an orbit around the sun.
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