Learn how planet Earth’s only natural satellite was formed, its weird features like a black sky and extreme temperatures and ...

On April 27, the moon blocked 23 percent of the sun in a partial eclipse, but it was not possible to see this from Earth.

The Earth eclipses the moon in this time-lapsed view from Firefly's Blue Ghost moon lander. Credit: Firefly Aerospace ...

Some scientists think the moon formed about 4.5 billion years ago after a collision between an early version of Earth and a ...

Multiple spacecraft captured the moon's shadow sweeping across North America at more than 1,500 mph during the 2024 total solar eclipse, as millions of people looked up to witness totality.

One year ago today, a total solar eclipse graced the skies of North America, as the moon fully blocked out the sun a narrow slice of Earth, bringing sudden darkness and a breathtaking view of the ...

Spruce trees anticipated a solar eclipse by syncing their signals. Older trees responded first. Forests may behave as one ...

Deng’s data has confirmed a cooling effect in Earth’s upper atmosphere that moves with the eclipse’s path of totality — like a supersonic wave, she said. Scientists had observed this ...

Aisling O'Hare, who led the study, told Newsweek she's "excited" about what the science world can learn from the data.

A spruce tree with a recording unit attached, in the Dolomite mountains in Italy. (Image Credit: Monica Gagliano/Southern Cross University) Whenever a solar eclipse occurs, life seems to stand still ...

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 ...

A solar eclipse visible only from space was captured in various images thanks to the US space agency NASA's Solar Dynamics ...