We see it almost every night, yet most of us could only name a handful of real facts about the Moon. Here's what's actually true, the numbers, the mechanics, and the science behind humanity's most familiar celestial neighbor. How old... Continue Reading →
The Moon is shrinking as its interior cools, getting more than about 150 feet (50 meters) skinnier over the last several hundred million years. Just as a grape wrinkles as it shrinks down to a raisin, the Moon gets wrinkles... Continue Reading →