Our planet's closest and brightest neighbor will pass approximately between the Earth and sun this week, in what's called an ...

Our home, planet Earth, is part of a system of bodies that orbit a central star – the Sun. This solar system consists of four inner rocky planets and four outer gas giant planets as well as an ...

It's the climax of a cosmic dance between our planet, the moon ... When those conditions are just right, the Earth, sun, and moon line up. This diagram shows how that looks: Then, if you're ...