An curved arrow pointing right. There are any commonly held beliefs about Earth's sun and moon that simply aren't true. Produced by Zach Wasser. Original reporting by Dave Mosher. Follow TI ...

Sources: NASA, TodayIFoundOut.com MYTH: The moon is very close to the Earth ... But plasma is vastly more abundant; stars, including the sun, are gigantic orbs of glowing plasma.

In Western culture, it brings forth werewolves, while in the East, the moon is the basis of many cultural traditions and myths ... main light sources - the sun, moon and the stars - to add ...

It also provides an opportunity to observe and analyse the interaction between the sun, moon and the Earth ... change or divine messages. In Hindu mythology, lunar eclipses are linked to the ...