A total lunar eclipse will turn the full moon red on Thursday evening and Friday morning across the Western Hemisphere, depending on where you live.

When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...

An eclipse occurs when any celestial object — like a moon or a planet — passes between two other bodies, obscuring the ... predicts the moon will complete all of the eclipse phases in just ...

Astronomers have constructed the first detailed 3D map of the properties of cosmic dust in our home galaxy. For their map, the astronomers used 130 million spectra from ESA's Gaia mission, results ...

A supercluster is usually composed of hundreds or even thousands of clusters of galaxies, and these clusters are ...

Floating around at the edge of the Solar System are leftovers from its formation. This is the Kuiper Belt, which is composed ...

As the moon moves into the inner part of Earth’s shadow, or the umbra, it can sometimes appear orangish or reddish in color, hence the dramatic, celestial term "blood moon." The next total lunar ...

A total lunar eclipse, often called a "blood moon," will be visible in North America on March 13-14, 2025. This lunar eclipse is the first of two eclipses in 2025, with a partial solar eclipse ...

Following a checkout period lasting one month, the observatory – which measures 8.5 feet tall, 10.5 feet across, and weighs 1,107 pounds – will capture a ...

New research suggests that a binary pair of Kuiper Belt objects, known as the Altjira system, is actually made up of three separate bodies orbiting one another in a complex triad. This rare ...