An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.

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 of the sun during a solar eclipse.

The moon will be opposite the sun Monday at 5:27 p.m. ET, according to NASA. This is when the moon reveals its full dayside to Earth. The moon will appear full for around three days. Mars won't ...

2025—the Earth is precisely between the sun and a full moon. The Earth projects its shadow onto the lunar surface, and the only sunlight that gets to the lunar surface is filtered by Earth’s ...

The tiny asteroid, measuring just 37 feet wide, has been temporarily ensnared by Earth’s gravitational pull, transforming it into a mini-moon ... miles from the sun. Some Arjuna asteroids ...