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Meteor showers, eclipses and full moons will appear in our skies this summer. Mark your calendars with these dates, stargazers.
You might think these events are super rare, but they actually happen more often than you might expect. On average, there are ...
Want to observe the sun or watch the next solar eclipse in safety? We've rounded up the telescopes you need to see our ...
NASA's PUNCH mission, a tiny constellation of four satellites, captured a photo of the moon drifting across the sky through a ...
When the moon passes between the sun and the Earth, as happened last April 8, a solar eclipse occurs, with the disk of the moon blocking the disk of the sun, casting a shadow on our planet.
In the Americas alone more than one billion people in 35 countries could bear witness to the total lunar eclipse that played ... carrying it between the sun and the moon in a perfect alignment ...
Where were you when the sky went dark? On April 8, 2024, the moon swallowed the sun for a total solar eclipse, and much of the eastern United States was in its path of totality. This brief but ...
"It's really exciting because it's something that everyone can see," says Bryony Lanigan, by using eclipse glasses or a pinhole projector. "We always associate the moon with the night, the sun ...
The moon began passing in front of the sun, darkening the ... but it’s also when he’d meet his future wife, Patricia, who had joined the same travel group of eclipse chasers.
A partial solar eclipse on Saturday will make it look as though the moon has taken a bite out of the sun over parts of the world. The celestial event comes just two weeks after a lunar eclipse ...