It is small and dark, both of which make it difficult to ... around the Earth and then back out into the depths of outer space. What is a mini-moon? The word is used for asteroids or comets ...

The moon is being eclipsed by the earth’s shadow early in the morning of the Friday, during the late Thursday night, the Eclipse begins at 11:57 p.m., here in Robeson ...

WASHINGTON — Earth’s moon will soon have some company — a “mini moon.” The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus at 33 feet. When it whizzes by Earth ...

As a result, the whole or parts of a totally eclipsed moon can appear dark red, brown, orange and/or pink. Watch the "Lunar Eclipses Explained" mini-documentary from PBS Learning and if you want ...

Credit: Firefly Aerospace The far side is the hemisphere of the moon facing away from Earth. Because people never see it from our perch on Earth, that portion was once dubbed "the dark side." ...