As it cooled, the moon backed away, retreating thousands of miles into the distance. A new animation depicts that process with unprecedented clarity. The video's creator, James O'Donoghue ...
What if the moon and planets were closer to Earth? That's what Nick Holmes decided to find out. Holmes, AKA "yeti dynamics" on YouTube, animated these 3D models. He is an amateur astronomer and is ...
Since June 2009, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been orbiting the Moon, using a wide-angle camera to digitally record its cratered surface. Using a total of 70,000 images, researchers ...