UNIVERSE
Many Galaxies
Milky Way
Tadpole Galaxy
Solar System
Planets
Stars
Satellites
Constellations
Sunflower Galaxy
Needle Galaxy
Natural
Artificial
Moon
Sputnik
Planets
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Earth
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Second-last planet
Biggest of all
Red planet
Smallest Planet
Hottest Planet
Planet called home
A planet with a ring
Coldest Planet
Stars
Many Kinds
Red Dwarf Stars
Yellow Stars
Blue Giant Stars
Sun
Proxima Centauri
Plaskett's Stars
Dwarf Planets
Constellations
The Big Dipper
Ursa Major/Great Bear
Orion
The Crux
Sagittarius
Ceres
Pluto
Eris
Haumea
MakeMake
Types of Eclipses
Solar Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon gets between Earth and the sun, and the moon casts a shadow over Earth. A solar eclipse can only take place at the phase of new moon, when the moon passes directly between the sun and Earth and its shadows fall upon Earth’s surface.
During a lunar eclipse, Earth gets in the way of the Sun’s light hitting the Moon. That means that during the night, a full moon fades away as Earth’s shadow covers it up.