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 ...

Now in Earth's orbit, the robotic craft has opportunities to capture poignant solar system imagery. "Witness Earth eclipsing the Sun from Blue Ghost's top deck — another incredible postcard moment on ...

Because the moon’s orbit is not exactly in the same plane as Earth’s orbit around the sun, they rarely are perfectly aligned. Usually the moon passes above or below the sun from our vantage ...

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.

For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit ...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander has captured its first images of the moon from Earth’s orbit as well as a video of Earth eclipsing the sun. See the dazzling views here.

One day after the spacecraft launched into orbit, it began beaming data back to Earth, including a video captured from its top deck of Earth eclipsing the sun ... to enter the moon's orbit.

What does a total lunar eclipse look like from the moon? A NASA-supported spaceship could be about to find out if it's successful in landing on the moon in March 2025. While there, the “Blue ...

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 ...

A small space rock that lingered near Earth last year and was referred to as its temporary “mini-moon ... distant orbit. But surprisingly, the object’s orbit around the sun is similar ...