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.