Explore Tides
The ocean’s tides rise and fall every day, but have you ever wondered what causes them? The Moon and Sun both play a role in shaping the movement of water across the Earth.
The Moon
The Moon is the largest and brightest object we see in the night sky.
Image
Credit
This work
by The Schools' Observatory
is licensed under All rights reserved
Eclipses
An eclipse is when objects in space line up. One object moves into the shadow of the other.
Image
Credit
This work
by Jeff Geerling
is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 International
Moon Phases Poster
Have you noticed that the Moon doesn't always look the same. Sometimes we can see the full face of the Moon and it becomes the brightest object in the night sky. At other times, it appears as a just small sliver in the sky.