This month brings an exceptional lineup of celestial events, with rare alignments, brilliant meteors, and dramatic eclipses ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...

You must have eye protection to view it.” But hang on, because we do have an eclipse of our own late in August — the deep ...

A new eclipse season begins today, opening a 35-day window that will produce August’s total solar eclipse and a spectacular ...

For about two minutes on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 12, the Moon’s shadow will sweep across the Denmark Strait between Greenland and Iceland, briefly plunging the Sun into darkness. Moments ...

Here's when the July full moon will peak, why it's called the Buck Moon, and a July and August moon phase calendar.

Learn when and where to see July’s moon – planet alignment and summer meteor showers, plus the Texas dark-sky parks that offer the clearest views.

For two nights, the moon will host a cosmic party with three planets – Mars, Saturn and Uranus – that will be visible in ...

The Moon passes 3° north of Mercury at 4 P.M. EDT. Looking west again after sunset this evening, the Moon now sits above Mercury, forming a triangle with Mercury and Jupiter. Half an hour after sunset ...