Earth, sun, moon: three objects in space whose interactions have a pretty big impact on our lives. Earth orbits the sun once a year, and it rotates on its axis about once a day (depending on your ...
The sun’s rays refracted through Earth’s atmosphere will cause a fiery glow across the moon’s surface Thursday night, just before the Earth’s shadow drapes across it. Not only will Friday’s total ...
About 4.5 billion years ago, Earth had a violent neighbor. A young, still-forming planet named Theia slammed into our world ...
Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...
To our best of our understanding, the Moon formed from Earth following a colossal impact. A Mars-sized world we nicknamed ...
We're just a few days away from the Full Moon now, so the moon is nice and bright tonight. There's plenty for you to see when ...
It’s been more than half a century since humans last walked on the Moon, but we’re on the verge of doing so again.
As an astronomer studying the universe beyond Earth, I’m fond of “outside the box” views almost by default. But one of my favorites is whenever a spacecraft takes a snapshot of our home world and the ...
ATLANTA — The moon goes by many names. August saw the full sturgeon moon while in March sky-gazers may have witnessed the blood moon, which occurs when the satellite appears to turn red during a lunar ...