Planetary scientists say the visibility of the moon and sun during the daytime, doesn't prove a flat Earth – it is in fact a reflection of the motion of the sun, moon and Earth in space ...

On Wednesday (April 19) and Thursday (April 20), the moon will pass in front of the sun creating an eclipse for certain regions of the planet. But this eclipse will be a much rarer celestial event ...

For skywatchers in the northeastern U.S. and Canada this week, it will appear as though the moon took a bite out of the sun. The eclipse will occur in the early hours of Saturday, March 29, ...

At first glance, the asteroid seemed to be orbiting our planet, which would make it another moon. But this tailgating asteroid is actually orbiting the sun, the space news website Sky & Telescope ...

A recent image captured by NASA’s PUNCH mission has sparked curiosity by showing the sun partially eclipsed with what looks like a second moon nearby. This striking photo, taken during the ...

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 ...

At the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, home of the meridian, the partial eclipse started at 10.07am, with the moon appearing to take nibble from the edge of the sun. Most of us are normally ...

A comment suggesting the moon is more "useful" than the sun has been attributed to U.S. Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Lauren Boebert in separate posts online, despite there being no ...

Believe it or not, it actually is just a coincidence — and a happy one at that. The Moon and Sun have virtually the same angular size in our sky because the Sun is about 400 times wider than the ...