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 ...

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 chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...

The researchers expected to find that the rings were unstable, but the model showed that ... face towards their planet as they orbit, as our moon does to Earth), any ring particles must be ...

The secondary asteroid belt orbits the Sun in a path very similar to Earth's orbit. During its recent mini-moon stint, scientists studied the 2024 PT5 from Earth. Based on the cosmic object's ...

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 ...

Because its orbit around the sun closely matches Earth's, astronomers determined that the "mini-moon" likely originated from nearby in our solar system. Now, research published this month in the ...