The sun, Earth and the moon are aligned, but because the moon’s orbit is not exactly in the same plane as Earth’s orbit around the sun, they rarely form a perfect line. When they do ...

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 ...

Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under sunlight. Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth ...

NASA is asking U.S. companies for proposals to move forward with the ice-hunting VIPER moon rover, a $450 million project the ...

ESA's Solar Orbiter captured views of the planet Mercury passing in front of the Sun. Multiple instruments aboard the spacecraft captured the imagery. Credit: Space.com | footage & orbit animation cou ...

On Mercury, the hot days are also incredibly long. Because Mercury rotates so slowly — once every 58 Earth days — in some places, the sun can appear overhead for weeks at a time. A year on ...

The Earth's Grand Canyon took millions of years to carve, but the moon's grand canyons took about ten minutes.

If all five of today's (Feb. 4) planned space missions get off the ground on time, it will break the record for most rockets ...

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

Researchers have discovered an Earth-like planet with such an eccentric orbit that it swoops in and out of its habitable zone throughout its year. Though the super-Earth could theoretically be ...

NASA has issued an asteroid alert as three near-Earth objects (NEOs), including one ... bringing it closer than the Moon. The other two, 2025 BU3 and 2025 BJ2, will pass at much safer distances ...