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

That’s because it will be illuminated by light from the sun that passes through the edge of Earth’s atmosphere and bends toward the moon. Long-wavelength red light traveling through that part of the ...

Frozen fuel from the Falcon 9 rocket launched Monday created a luminous display for several minutes, and was seen by people ...

Inside the observatory on Saint Vincent College’s campus is a large telescope that students use for different projects — and to get a closer look at the sky.

The next full moon will be on Saturday ... If you want to know what you can see tonight check out our night sky live blog or if you want to plan further ahead our monthly skywatching guide ...

March 8: The Moon Meets Mars On the night of March 8, the moon and Mars will transit through the sky together from the south to the western sky. Weather permitting, the duo will remain visible ...

The atmosphere bends the sunlight toward the moon. Blue light gets scattered in the atmosphere, which is why the sky is blue. Only the red portion of the light spectrum cuts through to reach the ...

The now-6-percent-illuminated crescent Moon lies to Venus’ lower left in the evening sky as the two slowly sink in the west after sunset. Below them, Mercury is fainter than Venus but still ...

“But some (light) get up to the moon. And it's that light from around the edges of the Earth that are passing through a lot of the atmosphere, just like we see sunrises and sunsets turning the ...