A total eclipse is the result of a rare, perfect alignment known as a syzygy between Earth, Moon, and the Sun as the three bodies tread their cosmic waltz. There are two kinds. A solar eclipse, as ...

Multiple spacecraft captured the moon's shadow sweeping across North America at more than 1,500 mph during the 2024 total ...

Firefly Aerospace In the early hours of March 14, people in the Americas experienced a stunning total lunar eclipse. But while the moon turned a fiery red in our skies, the Blue Ghost lunar lander ...

Unlike a total solar eclipse, part of the sun is still visible during a partial solar eclipse, so there is no darkening of the sky or visible solar corona.

Since the moon, sun and Earth are not perfectly lined up, the movement will result in a partial eclipse, in which the sun will look like a crescent, or like a piece has been taken out of it.

NOIRLab shared stunning views of the total lunar eclipse in the night sky over Chile, complete with a blood red moon and beautiful, star-studded Milky Way.

For skywatchers in the northeastern U.S. and Canada this week, it will appear as though the moon took a bite out of the sun. The eclipse will occur in the early hours of Saturday, March 29, ...

A rare sunrise solar eclipse will occur on Saturday, March 29, 2025, as a new moon partially blocks part of the sun as it appears. However, since the exact timing for any specific location will ...

A probe measured temperatures and the flow of heat from the moon’s interior. During the eclipse, temperatures dropped from 100 degrees Fahrenheit to minus 270 degrees. The spacecraft relied on ...