Light covers 186,000 miles EVERY SECOND (kids ... asking at each place how long its light takes to reach us here on Earth. The closest object to us is the Moon. Its average distance is about ...

Earth's shadow completely covers the moon, making the moon appear reddish in color. The red color comes from the way Earth's atmosphere filters the light. The event is often refered to as blood moon.

This type of eclipse happens when Earth blocks the light from the sun that normally ... called the umbra, will cover the moon during its fullest phase. Lunar eclipses when the moon is partially ...

"As the light comes past the Earth, it's going through the atmosphere at those edges but it's getting bent, just like it does on that album cover. It's getting bent and the red light hits the moon." ...