The moon changes each night, well, from our perspective it does anyway. This is because of the lunar cycle, a recurring ...

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During the September 2025 total lunar eclipse, the full “Harvest Moon” will rise and later fall into Earth’s dark umbral ...

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Mercury is notoriously difficult to see from Earth, thanks to its proximity to the Sun. But on July 4, Mercury reaches its ...

In this illustration, an asteroid is seen flying near Earth. ... Asteroid 2024 PT5 is passing so close that it will temporarily join Earth and essentially become a "mini-moon." ...

"If 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon in 2032, it will (statistically speaking) be the largest impact in approximately 5,000 years," ...

Do you see that multicolored dot shining against a black background? That's us. That's all of us. An amazing new composite photo taken by a satellite orbiting Mars shows the Earth and our moon ...

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The Moon’s albedo is 0.136, while the Earth’s is 0.434, making the Earth 3.2 times as reflective. That figure varies of course, depending on cloud and whether you’re facing mostly ocean or land.

The moon's unusually low path tonight is a direct result of its 18.6-year lunar cycle, known as a lunistice, a point when the moon's orbit tilts to its greatest angle relative to Earth's equator.