The Earth orbits around the Sun, but the Moon is close enough to Earth that Earth’s gravitational pull captures it. ... This animation shows how the planets in our solar system formed.

Let's say we want to build a model of the sun and Earth alone. Earth has a radius of about 6,371 kilometers (3,959 miles), but let's represent this with a marble 1 centimeter in diameter.

Learn the differences between our Earth, the Sun and the Moon. Then explore how together they create day and night and our different seasons with their orbits.

Fact check: Flat Earth claim based on gas pressure fails to account for gravity's impact. Researchers have confirmed the sun and moon's actual sizes and positions in space through various ...

An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.

An asteroid called 2020 CD3 was bound to Earth for several years before leaving the planet's orbit in 2020 and another called 2022 NX1 became a mini-moon of Earth in 1981 and 2022 and will return ...

Earth is about to gain a new “mini-moon,” but it won’t stay around for long. The newly discovered asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will temporarily be captured by Earth’s gravity and orbit our ...