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That marble moon is so small I had to put an arrow over it for you. So here's what it comes down to: If you want to show the Earth-sun-moon system, you'd seem to have two options.

The sun and moon are different sizes and located at different distances from the Earth.

Why was the moon red, orange and yellow? The moon appeared to turn red as Earth passed directly between it and the sun in what's known as a total lunar eclipse.

The length of Earth's day is only 24 hours, rather than over 60 hours, thanks to a temporary balance between the gravitational tidal forces from the moon and the sun. When the moon formed about 4. ...

Noticed the sun or moon having a different hue lately? Here’s why.

Learn how Earth's moon formed, how its orbit affects Earth's tides, why solar and lunar eclipses happen and the history of lunar exploration.

The Sun and Moon appear to be of similar angular size in Earth's sky due to a coincidental ratio of their respective sizes and distances from Earth. This near-perfect alignment enables observation ...

Since the moon is Earth’s closest celestial neighbor, we’ve been able to learn more about it than any other in the solar system. There are surprising details about the moon, such as how in ...

A study proposes that imbalanced forces and torques in the Earth-moon-sun system drive circulation of the whole mantle. The new analysis provides an alternative to the hypothesis that the movement ...