Our planet's closest and brightest neighbor will pass approximately between the Earth and sun this week, in what's called an ...

As Earth's ever-present celestial companion, the moon exerts a constant influence on our planet, and its disappearance would ...

The Northern Hemisphere is welcoming Spring 2025 on March 20, also known as the vernal equinox. The jump into spring has come ...

The spring equinox marks the start of astronomical spring. Wherever you are on the planet, the equinox occurs at the same ...

The Earth’s axis is at right angles to the line from sun to Earth, the sun is directly over the equator and the lengths of ...

Observers across eastern North America and much of Europe will have front-row seats to the striking partial solar eclipse on March 29. Here's what to expect.

Only when the moon, Earth and the sun are perfectly aligned is the moon 100% full. And sometimes — once in a blue moon — the moon is full twice in a month (or four times in a season ...

A total lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, Earth and moon are aligned in space, with Earth in the middle, placing a shadow over the moon. The stellar event lasted an hour and six minutes ...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander, which has been on the moon since the spacecraft’s successful touchdown on March 2, captured images of the sun, Earth and moon lined up at around 4:30 a.m. ET ...

Venus has phases just like the moon. Before and after the conjunction, Venus looks like a thin crescent — though only telescopes can see it. Those looking for signs of the transition can watch Venus ...

The sun, Earth and moon aligned in this order, and there's a total lunar eclipse when the whole moon slips into the umbra, the earth’s innermost shadow. When the Earth's shadow covers the moon's ...