The Moon does not make its own light like a star. The Moon appears bright because it reflects light from the Sun. Like the Earth, half of the Moon faces towards the Sun, and half faces away from it.

Just as the sun commands our attention during the day, knowing moon facts to understand just how and why the moon does what ...

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

There will also be two total lunar eclipses that occur during the March and September full moon events. A lunar eclipse, ...

The planet—the brightest object in the solar system after the sun and moon—has been visible only in the pre-dawn sky. That’s changed recently as the closest planet to Earth got higher into ...

Only when the moon, Earth and the sun are perfectly aligned is the moon 100% full. And sometimes — once in a blue moon — the moon is full twice in a month (or four times in a season ...

A new moon occurs when the moon is directly between Earth and the sun, with its shadowed side pointing towards us. You can see a new moon when it crosses the face of the sun during a solar eclipse.

THE Moon is set to turn colourful shades of red, pink and even purple over the UK soon, as lunar disk goes through a partial eclipse. During the eclipse, which occurs in a matter of weeks, almost ...

In 2025, there will be two partial solar eclipses. A partial solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves between the sun and Earth, but none of the celestial bodies are perfectly aligned, according ...