Heads up stargazers! The Southern Taurid meteor shower peaks overnight on Nov. 4-5, when a flurry of bright meteors could ...

Because the Moon is closer to Earth than the planets and stars, it sometimes passes in front of, or occults, more distant objects from our point of view. The early morning of September 22 brings one ...

In my most recent article for Scientific American, I may have lied to you. In my defense, I didn’t so much lie as maybe oversimplify a tiny bit. I wrote that because of the effects of the tidal force ...

WASHINGTON — Turn your eyes to the sky on Tuesday for an extra special full moon. The harvest moon, or closest full moon to the autumnal equinox, will also be a supermoon, appearing larger and ...

In a year of the total solar eclipse and a supermoon just last month, keep an eye out for another supermoon this week. A supermoon will be visible in DC on Tuesday night – along with a partial lunar ...

There is magic in the sky each month when the full moon rises, marking the alignment of the sun, Earth and our planet's only natural satellite. It's an ancient indicator of time, and one that Native ...

Day will briefly turn into night for millions Monday as a long-anticipated total solar eclipse moves across North America, mesmerizing scores of avid watchers in its path. The moon will line up ...

The full moon will slide in front of Mars Monday evening in a rare planetary occultation. Occultations are like eclipses but instead of the Sun, it's a planet or a much more distant star being blocked ...