astronomy-guide

Newton proposed that every object with mass exerts a gravitational pull or force on every other object with mass in the universe. Well, the ...

The favored theory today combines elements of the daughter theory and the capture theory in something called an impact theory. Most astronom...

A third theory suggests that the moon was formed independently and far from the earth, but was later captured by the earth’s gravitational p...

Another theory holds that the moon formed separately near the earth from the same material that formed the earth. In effect, the earth and t...

The oldest of the four theories speculates that the moon was originally part of the earth, and was somehow spun off a rapidly spinning, part...

Take the time to observe the moon through all of its phases. When the moon is about three or four days “old,” Mare Crisium and other vivid ...

Even if you don’t have a telescope, there are some very interesting lunar observations you can make. Have you ever thought that the moon loo...