Those looking up last night already saw a beautiful show as the near-full moon rose in clear skies. Tonight is slightly ...

Timing is everything when everything is moving. At one o’clock this afternoon the moon was right in the middle of the ...

The full moon will occult the star Spica only 28 minutes later for observers ... When the moon is exactly on the opposite side of the Earth from the sun, you have a full moon.

Out past Neptune are countless small icy and rocky bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), and many of these have moons ...

During a solar eclipse, the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, covering it over and creating dramatic scenes. March 2025 brings a couple of interesting celestial events: firstly, the partial ...

During evenings in April 2025, there are two bright planets visible. The departure of Venus has left Jupiter, in the west at ...

The new moon of March 29 will offer a rare treat ... and his retinue of bright attending stars will follow him into the sun’s glare by the end of May. In his place we see a much more subdued ...

This happens when the Earth, moon and sun are imperfectly aligned. Unlike totality, the sky won’t darken enough during a partial solar eclipse for you to see stars or planets in the daytime ...

Up to 40% of the sun was covered as the moon passed between the sun and Earth, partly obscuring the star.

The moon appeared to turn red as Earth passed directly between it and the sun in what's known as a total lunar eclipse. Their perfect alignment darkens the moon, from the perspective of folks ...

This particular full moon is known as the Pink Moon, as it’s the first full moon of spring in the northern hemisphere. Providing the weather is clear, everyone in the UK should ...