Following Saturn is Venus, rising in New York at 2:51 a.m. on July 25. Venus is in Taurus, and so bright that it is ...

At this time, the sun shines at such an angle to make it appear as if there is a gigantic 'V' and 'X' marking the barren ...

A total lunar eclipse happens when the sun, Earth and moon roughly line up, with Earth being in the middle. During the total eclipse, the moon will be positioned within the darkest part of Earth ...

Discover how retroreflectors on the Moon not only measure lunar distance but also debunk conspiracy theories about the Moon ...

The new moon of May occurs on May 26. Two days later the moon will make a close pass to Jupiter in the evening sky, and the summer constellations will be rising.

These events occur when the Sun, Earth, and the Moon line up in that order. Such events are unusual, but not rare. On average, total lunar eclipses happen every 2½ years. What causes a lunar eclipse?

The soonest total eclipse will be August 12, 2026. It will only be visible in a sliver of Greenland, Iceland, Spain and ...

1st: Moon, Mars, and Saturn form line in morning sky. 4th: Mercury and Jupiter conjunction in the morning sky before sunrise. You’ll need optical aid to view. 6th: Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus, Mars ...

Sept. 16 (UPI) --A Super Harvest Moon with a partial lunar eclipse will light up September's night skies Tuesday in a rare celestial trifecta as summer begins to wind down.

And on Wednesday, June 11, comes a "strawberry moon," the last full moon of the Northern Hemisphere's spring. It will be at its brightest at 3:44 a.m. Eastern time in the United States. Its name ...

Like a rainbow, the striking moon ring is caused by a refraction, or splitting of light, and also by a reflection of moonlight from tiny ice crystals in Earth's atmosphere, according to Earth Sky ...

The ring is actually an optical illusion. It is caused when the moon light refracts off ice crystals in a thin veil of cirrus clouds. Those crystals create a giant lens 20,000 feet above us. They're ...