Scientists say gravity as well as tidal forces are responsible for pushing the moon further away from our planet ...

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

This month's full moon was due to pass through the shadow of Earth either late Thursday night or very early Friday morning, depending on the viewer's time zone. It was visible to people in the ...

Illustration of a stage in the formation of the Earth-moon system. The Earth had recently formed (4,600 million years ago) when it was struck by a large protoplanet, sometimes dubbed Theia ...

A lunar eclipse occurs when Earth is between the sun and moon and the three celestial objects line up in a nearly perfect row, with Earth in the middle, so that the moon passes into our planet’s ...

Most ominously, while Earth is still safe from the menacing asteroid, the odds that our celestial neighbor, the moon, could be impacted have only continued to climb. James Webb Space Telescope ...

Advertisement Advertisement As the moon orbits the Earth and the Earth orbits the sun, the three bodies are forever getting in one another’s way, periodically blocking the view from one to the ...

Earth’s shadow will block most of the light that illuminates the lunar surface, creating what is known as a blood moon. By Katrina Miller March 14: This event has concluded and you can see ...