When you look up in the night sky, our moon is unmissable.Just like Earth, it's round and has a solid, rocky surface. But is ...

The Moon's relationship with Earth is crucial for stabilising our planet's axial tilt and influencing tides, but this still ...

The Griffith Observatory explained that during a major lunar standstill, the moon reaches its most northerly and southerly ...

As space travel gains more and more momentum, and travel to Mars seems like a real possibility, you might find yourself ...

A partial solar eclipse. Numerous eye-catching planetary get-togethers. Saturn's rings perform a vanishing act. In the upcoming year, stargazers can anticipate an array of celestial wonders to get ...

But because the moon's orbit is slightly tilted relative to Earth's orbit around the sun, it doesn't block out the sun on every orbit, hence why not every new moon results in a solar eclipse ...

December 2024 is full of celestial significance. In addition to the full moon - called the Cold Moon - it has the winter ...

maintaining a safe distance before it zooms farther into the solar system while orbiting the sun, not to return until 2055. That’s almost five times farther than the moon. First spotted in ...

Moon, the last full moon of 2024, will reach peak illumination this weekend, marking the longest night of the year.

Full moons are not about subtlety ... solstice led the Zuni tribe to poetically refer to December’s full moon as the “sun has traveled home to rest” moon. The next full moon and the very ...

It's only 100% full when the moon, Earth and the sun are perfectly aligned, producing a lunar eclipse. We also always see the same side of the moon, not both sides, due to the way that the moon ...