Earth, sun, moon: three objects in space whose interactions have a pretty big impact on our lives. Earth orbits the sun once a year, and it rotates on its axis about once a day (depending on your ...

The large golden aura is formed from the incoming light reflected off the sun-side of the occulter, a device that blocks the ...

As well as rotating, the Earth has a tilt in its axis that brings the northern and southern hemispheres closer to and further away from the Sun each year, which causes the seasons. The Moon's ...

What is a lunar eclipse and why does it make the moon look red? When the sun, Earth and moon all align so that the moon passes into the Earth's shadow, there's a lunar eclipse. During a total ...

But there’s some disagreement among scientists about whether 2024 PT5 should be classified as a mini-moon, since it won’t be making a full revolution around the Earth before the sun’s ...

A lunar eclipse, which causes the moon to look dark or dimmed, occurs when Earth is between the sun and moon and the three celestial objects line up in a row so that the moon passes into our ...

There are tidal effects from the Sun and other planets. Anything on the surface of the Earth or Moon is moving due to rotation; other objects are moving while in orbit. The gravitational influence ...