Moon

Moon

The Earth's only natural satellite. The moon has a cold, dry orb covered with many lunar craters and strewn with rocks and dust. The moon has no atmosphere. But recent lunar missions have found plenty frozen water on the moon.

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Super moon

Astronomy; Moon

The largest and brightest full moon of the year, caused by the Moon's oval orbit of the Earth. The point where the moon is at perigee and appears to be 14% larger, as it is 50km closer to the Earth ...