The Moon does not make its own light like a star. The Moon appears bright because it reflects light from the Sun. Like the Earth, half of the Moon faces towards the Sun, and half faces away from it.

NASA has released a new edition of Issue 4 of the Astrobiology Graphic History series. The issue now includes NASA's Europa ...

But the Sun and the Moon also have signs - and astrologers say that your real personality can only be revealed when you consider your entire natal chart. Your Sun sign denotes where the Sun was ...

Anyone who is capable of seeing the moon (or the sun) near the horizon has experienced this effect. The moon looks enormous there, far larger than it does when it’s overhead. I’m an astronomer ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...

A new moon occurs when the moon is directly between Earth and the sun, with its shadowed side pointing towards us. You can see a new moon when it crosses the face of the sun during a solar eclipse.

Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. The fact that Sun and Moon managed to make up the bulk of those sales is impressive, especially as it is the fastest-selling ...

Like Earth's orbit around the Sun, the moon's around Earth is elliptical, meaning oval-shaped. This means the space rock is positioned at various distances from the planet depending on the time of ...

NASA's Perseverance rover captured Phobos eclipsing the Sun, offering insights into Mars' moons and evolution.

Only when the moon, Earth and the sun are perfectly aligned is the moon 100% full. And sometimes — once in a blue moon — the moon is full twice in a month (or four times in a season ...