What is a full 'Strawberry Moon'? A full moon occurs each month when the moon is positioned opposite the sun in Earth's sky, ...

Summer will officially begin with this year's solstice on June 20. And on Wednesday, June 11, comes a "strawberry moon," the ...

Sky watchers have two prime nights to catch the June full moon at its brightest before it dims to 98% illumination ...

As it travels, the Moon’s shape – or phase – alters as different amounts of its surface are lit up by the Sun’s rays, Nigel ...

Stargazers need not wait long for the next celestial showcase. Following Wednesday's display, the "Buck Moon" will appear in ...

This month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between ...

Shorter wavelengths of the color spectrum ... A "Blood Moon" happens during a total lunar eclipse, when the sun, Earth and the moon align in that order. Long wavelengths of sunlight are refracted ...

In the Northern Hemisphere, June 20 is the day on which the sun is highest in the sky, aka the summer solstice! This is the ...

When the moon passes between the sun and the Earth, as happened last April 8 ... That has a dramatic effect on the color of the moon. Solar light contains all of the colors of the visible spectrum ...

"As the sun rises, that bright orange is passing through the Earth's atmosphere and reflecting off the moon, giving it that orange color." The total eclipse will flush the moon red Thursday ...

The sun’s rays refracted through Earth’s atmosphere will cause a fiery glow across the moon’s surface Thursday night, just before the Earth’s shadow drapes across it. Not only will Friday ...

THE Earth's ocean could one day turn purple - and scientists say it used to be a totally different colour. The Earth's ... life could be hiding on an icy moon system not far from earth.