The Moon, our constant celestial companion, is drifting away from Earth at a slow but measurable rate. According to a ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

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 ...

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles within this cloud collided and clumped together, driven by gravity and ...

A total lunar eclipse, the first since November 2022, is set to occur on Thursday night, into Friday morning. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth makes its way between the sun and moon. The ...

If you look up to the sky on Sunday, you might just see a rare celestial event - a total lunar eclipse. The phenomenon occurs ...

The NOAA GOES-18 and GOES-19 satellites saw a solar eclipse as the moon blocked out the sun mere hours before a lunar eclipse ...

Earth's orbit just got a bit more crowded. A second moon joined the Earth's orbit on Sunday, September 29 th. The ‘mini moon’ is actually a small asteroid, the size of a school bus, that is known as ...

A total lunar eclipse “blood moon” should be visible for much of England and Wales on Sunday night as clear skies are ...