The morning of April 24 will give rise to a striking mini-planetary parade, as Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Neptune, and Earth's moon cluster together in the same region of the pre-dawn sky, making for a ...

In groundbreaking photos, eclipse chasers captured the elusive solar corona during a partially eclipsed sunrise/moonrise in Quebec. It could change eclipse chasing forever.

The best time to view the Lyrids is when Lyra, the Northern Hemisphere constellation from which the meteors appear to radiate ...

Enjoy dark skies for evening observing, then catch a meteor shower and a planetary conjunction in the morning sky this week.

Fred “Mr. Eclipse” Espenak announced yesterday that he has been diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, a progressive lung disease. The former NASA astrophysicist is renowned for contributions ...

Starting on Aug. 25, 1835, the New York City newspaper The Sun published a six-part series of pseudo-astronomical articles. Written by reporter Richard Adams Locke, they claimed to describe ...

April’s full moon looks smaller than usual this month, and despite its “pink moon” namesake, the orb will have a white-golden ...

April’s pink “micromoon” will appear smaller than other full moons this year as it nears its farthest point from Earth in its ...

Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor addresses Australia in his final address on Wednesday’s Treasurers’ Debate. “We’ve seen in the last three years that Australians have got poorer,” Mr Taylor ...

Donation Options Search Search Search The Earth’s shadow begins to move across the moon during a lunar eclipse, Friday, March 14, 2025. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times file Share The moon will ...