Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

Our planet's closest and brightest neighbor will pass approximately between the Earth and sun this week, in what's called an inferior conjunction.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will have to recover from their time in space. Learn more about what happens to the human ...

A rare 'smiley face' triple conjunction is coming to Earth's morning skies on April 25, when Venus, Saturn and the crescent moon form a celestial smirk near the horizon.

Moon is slowly moving away from Earth at a rate of 3.8 centimetres per year. This gradual drift affects Earth’s rotation and ...

An inferior conjunction of Venus happens when the planet swings between the sun and Earth. Such an alignment ... Venus has phases just like the moon. Before and after the conjunction, Venus ...

An astral animated TED-Ed lesson written by Elise Cutts explains how the tides on Earth are impacted both by the sun and the ...

Venus will pass between the Earth and the Sun on Saturday during an event called an inferior conjunction. However, this rare ...