Scientists believe a colossal impact between Earth and Theia formed our lunar companion 4.5 billion years ago.

Learn how planet Earth’s only natural satellite was formed, its weird features like a black sky and extreme temperatures and ...

On September 7, the Moon will rise above the horizon just in time for the UK to see the total lunar eclipse. According to ...

Get ready for Summer 2025. It promises amazing celestial events. Stargazers can look forward to meteor showers and full moons ...

Meteor showers, eclipses and full moons will appear in our skies this summer. Mark your calendars with these dates, stargazers.

You might think these events are super rare, but they actually happen more often than you might expect. On average, there are ...

May’s flower moon will appear full on Sunday and Monday evening, though this micromoon will look a little smaller than normal ...

The event, called a lunar transit, showed the moon passing in front of the sun. From SDO’s view, 23% of the solar surface was ...

The moon blocked 23% of the sun in a partial eclipse, but it was not possible to see this from Earth. The images of the "lunar transit" show in its entirety, before a large dark orb - moon ...

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon comes between the Earth and the Sun, temporarily blocking the Sun’s rays. Let’s take a ...

A lunar eclipse is when the moon, Earth, and sun are in line with Earth casting a shadow upon the moon. The moon moves completely into the inner shadow of Earth, or umbra, during a total lunar ...