The leading explanation for all of these mysteries is known as the giant impact hypothesis. According to this story, when the ...

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

This month's full moon was due to pass through the shadow of Earth either late Thursday night ... from the perspective of folks looking up, because our planet's position blocks most sunlight ...

Besides, storms were on the way. When I stepped outside after supper to see whether setting my alarm made any sense, all I ...

Lunar eclipses can only happen during a full moon ... While there are planets and moons all over the solar system, only Earth is lucky enough to experience lunar eclipses because its shadow ...

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

Basically, at any given moment, half of the planet is looking toward the moon–and ... is covered by the earth’s shadow, and the characteristic red coloration is on full display.

This week's full moon won't just be any regular ... because any sunlight that's not blocked by our planet is filtered through a thick slice of Earth’s atmosphere on its way to the lunar surface ...

This is when a so-called “blood moon” lunar eclipse plays out, visible in North and South America, parts of Africa, the Pacific, and Europe. So what causes a lunar eclipse, when is the best time to ...

Due to the moon's eerie, color-shifted appearance during total lunar eclipses, these full ... though Earth blocks sunlight from directly reaching moon during a total lunar eclipse, our planet's ...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander, operated by Firefly Aerospace from Texas, became the first commercial spacecraft to image an ...