It lights up the night sky and has fascinated us since the dawn of humanity.
But just how big is the moon compared to Earth, exactly how far away is it and why do we only see one side of our lunar satellite?
These pie charts, tables and graphics reveal all you need to know about the glowing white sphere that orbits us from around 239,000 miles (385,000 km) away.
MailOnline also looks at the different phases of the moon,
The US Embassy has told foreign nationals to make their way to the Rafah crossing on the Gaza-Egypt border to evacuate as Israeli tanks prepare to plough into the besieged Palestinian enclave.
The Israeli military on Friday punished Gaza with more airstrikes in retaliation to the despicable terror attacks launched by Hamas on October 7. Tens of thousands of Israeli soldiers are readying themselves for battle as an invasion appears imminent.
In an urgent security alert this morning, the US
There has been a 320 per cent rise in cancelled driving test bookings in the past 10 years due to examiners being off sick, on holiday or taking part in strikes, This is Money can exclusively reveal.
In the year to April 2023, 113,000 test bookings were axed at the last minute because examiners were unable to attend. This is up from 26,429 in 2012, official figures show.
With more than half a million learners still waiting to sit their
No one is exactly sure how the birds do it. Scientists have been studying homing pigeons for decades; at Cornell, experiments have been conducted on them since 1967. Inertial routing—the theory that the birds register the physical experience of the journey and retrace it—cannot entirely account for their ability. Nor can navigation by sight (pigeons fitted with translucent contact lenses are still able to find home); sun-compassing (pigeons can find their way home on overcast days); smell; sound; infrasound; telepathy;
As I walk to the train station, I feel a flutter of anticipation. Mingling with the other morning commuters, I am unusually conscious of the middle finger on my right hand. Will anyone mention it? Or even ask me out on a date as a result?
My excitement stems from the seemingly subtle, though not particularly stylish, pale green ring I’m wearing. A ring that is intended to alert strangers to the fact that I am single — and expressly
Fans hoping to catch a glimpse of England’s Lionesses arriving home today were left ‘disappointed’ when the players left via a private exit instead of greeting them.
Supporters, some of whom waited overnight at London Heathrow Airport and now face parking fees of up £80, had intended to give the footballers a rousing welcome back to Britain following their Women’s World Cup final heartache just two days ago.
Sarina Wiegman’s side touched down at about 6.40am amid calls for a
Mother of Baby A (murdered on June 8, 2015) and B (victim of attempted murder between June 8 and June 11, 2015)
The mother of Baby A and Baby B said in a statement read to the court that 2015 ‘was going to be the best year of our lives’ and ‘everything was perfect’.
‘We never got to hold our little boy while he was alive, because you took him away,’ the statement says.
‘What should have been the happiest
Chair umpire Fergus Murphy urged fans at the Canadian Open to vacate their seats on Tuesday when part of the north stand on the Grandstand court broke due to the wind. Tomas Martin Etcheverry was serving to stay in the first set against Sebastian Korda when a pole on the row of seats behind him broke. Both players were then left waiting on court for 10 minutes while the safety of spectators was assessed.
There was drama in Toronto when
The first asylum seekers are being moved onto the Bibby Stockholm barge off the coast of Dorset, however according to reports the relocation is not going smoothly.
DorsetLive reports that so far only “two” migrants are aboard the vessel, designed to hold 500 people.
Reporter Mike Taylor has said: “Understand that a few migrants due on board have refused to go on board the Bibby Stockholm have been successful in not going on board.”
Human rights group Amnesty International has
The German far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) wants to pull Germany out of the EU if the bloc proves to be unreformable within “reasonable time”, the party stated in its EU election programme that was adopted on Sunday (6 August).
The AfD is pushing to radically reform the European Union and to transform it into a loose confederation of “fatherlands”, according to the party’s programme, arguing that the European Parliament should be dissolved and the European Court of Justice stripped
