Ice crystals in Earth's atmosphere sometimes align just right to create various striking visual effects, from a halo around ...

In August 2025, skywatchers will be treated to a planet parade like no other, with six planets and the Moon visible in the ...

Sitting by the beach and listening to the tide come in is one of my favorite things to do. But if you stop and think about ...

The Solar Dynamics Observatory saw a lunar transit and an Earth eclipse on July 25 — the first when the moon passed between ...

The crescent moon will be visible 20 degrees above the western horizon at sunset on July 28, with Mars appearing as a bright ...

An illustration shows the alignment of the sun, moon and Earth during a lunar eclipse. It isn't drawn to scale. / Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio ...

Photos: San Diegans dodge clouds to capture blood-red lunar eclipse A lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, the Earth and the moon align so that the Earth's shadow falls on the moon, according to NASA.

The name “buck moon” is in reference to male deer, or bucks, which start to rapidly grow their antlers this time of year. This year’s buck moon reached its peak illumination at 4:37 p.m. ET on ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — As the sun, earth, and moon align, you can catch an amazing sight early Friday morning! A total lunar eclipse will be visible across all states except a portion of Alaska.

As for the moon, early on Sunday morning, you'll see it as a delicate crescent, a slender sliver about 11 percent illuminated, hovering five degrees above and just to the left of Jupiter.

Such an alignment happens about every 19 months because of how Venus and Earth orbit the sun. The moment of inferior conjunction happens around 9 p.m. EDT.

According to Rao, on "Saturday, Venus will be 47.9 million miles from Earth, but the Moon — Earth’s nearest neighbor — will be 211 times closer at a distance of 227,000 miles away." ...