The full moon will occult the star Spica only 28 minutes later for ... When the moon is exactly on the opposite side of the Earth from the sun, you have a full moon. Lunar phases are determined ...

The moon dims, the meteors fly, and the planets dance—these are the most exciting celestial events happening this month.

Prior to 2040, the last planetary quintuplet occurred in the year 1186, and according to Uptain, records show that the close ...

On March 29, the Moon will wedge itself between the Sun and Earth, blocking only a part of the star from our view.

Out past Neptune are countless small icy and rocky bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), and many of these have moons ...

Timing is everything when everything is moving. At one o’clock this afternoon the moon was right in the middle of the ...

April marks the last time to see Jupiter at its best before its observing window closes. On Tuesday evening (April 1), ...

On March 29, a partial solar eclipse will cast a shadow on the sun for people in the Northeast. See when, where and how to ...

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's orbit comes between the Sun and the Earth, causing a shadow to be cast over the planet, with the illuminated half of our satellite facing the Sun and the ...

A partial solar eclipse will become visible March 29 to several states in the northeast U.S. Here's what to know, including time, how to watch it safety.

The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, conducted a series of experiments. It drilled three feet into the lunar soil, took X-ray images of the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects Earth ...