The Earth formed over 4.6 billion years ago out of a mixture of dust and gas around the young sun. It grew larger thanks to countless collisions between dust particles, asteroids, and other growing ...

Look at how the Earth's tilt changes how much sunlight the northern hemisphere receives. The Moon is always a sphere but you may have seen different shapes of Moon in the sky. These are called the ...

The Moon, often seen as Earth's constant companion, is a direct result of this ancient collision. The debris cloud formed after the impact eventually coalesced into the Moon.

Get ready for a cosmic surprise this autumn - Earth is about to get a second moon, according to scientists. A small asteroid is going to be captured by Earth’s gravitational pull and temporarily ...

An asteroid large enough to destroy a city has passed between the orbits of the Earth and the Moon - luckily for us, missing both. The object, named 2023 DZ2, was discovered a month ago.

29 at 7:36 a.m. EDT (1236 GMT). 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 ...