Let’s put a marker on Scotland. When this part of the Earth is facing the Sun it’s day time, when it’s facing away from the Sun that's night time. One spin of the Earth is how we measure one ...

defining day and night for surface dwellers. This axis of rotation is tilted 23.4 degrees away from the plane of Earth's orbit around the sun, giving us seasons. Whichever hemisphere is tilted ...

In an awe-inspiring display of nature's beauty, this marvelous time-lapse shot in Ladakh captures a breathtaking transition ...

By an earth day we mean the length of time earth is exposed to the sun. By night we mean the duration for which the earth does not receive the sunlight. Since the earth takes 24 hours to go ...

A new moon occurs when the moon is directly between Earth ... sun on every orbit, hence why not every new moon results in a solar eclipse, according to NASA. Related: What you can see in the night ...