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Earth's Moon: Formation, Composition and Orbit
Scientists say a giant impact knocked off the raw ingredients for the moon off the primitive molten Earth and into orbit.
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See amazing views of the Supermoon, a rubber chicken in orbit and more in the best photos for the week of May 6, 2012.
The full moon of May was a dazzling supermoon for skywatchers around the globe.
Gets tips for seeing the supermoon of 2012 and a meteor shower from Halley's comet Saturday night.
See the latest images of the moon from NASA's LRO spacecraft.
This Saturday brings a supermoon — the biggest and brightest moon of the year.
This Saturday's May full moon will be brighter and larger than any other this year.
When the panorama was taken, the Moon was lying close to the centre of the Milky Way in the sky, its light bathing the antennas in an eerie night-time glow in this amazing space wallpaper.
Learn what makes a big full moon a true 'supermoon' in this SPACE.com infographic.
Skywatcher and photographer Stefano De Rosa snapped this view of his three children enjoying the night sky.
The president took some time to gaze skyward this week at Colorado's Buckley Air Force Base.
This up close and personal look at the gas giants and their moons was stitched together by Sander van den Berg using imagery captured by NASA's Voyager and Cassini spacecrafts. Van den Berg named the black and white piece 'Outer Space'.
See these amazing skywatching photos of Venus and the crescent moon in April 2012.
Pretend you were on Apollo 8 while watching this new video recreating the famous "Earthrise" view.
The giant planet will be lost in the sunset glow after Sunday.
Astrophotographer captures beautiful image of the moon and Venus in conjunction over Gobustan National Park in Azerbaijan.
Catch the moon and Saturn meeting up with the star Spica in the sky Friday and Saturday.
The moon cycle helps determine the date of Easter, which is a complicated process.
Jupiter, the moon and Venus align over a shining castle in skywatcher’s photo.
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