A superior conjunction occurs when Venus is the farthest from Earth, on the other side of the sun. Conversely, astronomers ...

A Sun-Times photographer joined stargazers at Montrose Harbor as the Earth’s shadow began to move across the moon early ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 lunar lander snapped incredible photographs of the March 13–14 total lunar eclipse, ...

While none will be visible in Michigan, 2025 will see three more eclipses: a partial solar eclipse this spring, a partial ...

Sept. 21, 2025: This partial solar eclipse will be visible in parts of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Feb. 17, 2026: This eclipse will be annular in ...

Blue Ghost completed 14 days of surface operations, deploying its various payloads and transmitting more than 119 gigabytes ...

On Saturday, March 29, 2025, a deep partial solar eclipse will be visible across the Northern Hemisphere. While there will be no totality, during which the moon completely obscures the sun, this ...

"Equinox" translates to "equal night" but most places in the Northern Hemisphere will see more than 12 hours of daylight for ...

The appropriately named "blood moon" will take on a pronounced reddish hue when the eclipse begins to emerge across the ...

A partial solar eclipse on March 29 will be visible from parts of North America. Here's how to safely view the cosmic event, even if you can't be there in person.

Barnard’s Star has fascinated astronomers for decades. At just six light-years away, it is the second-closest single star to ...

While Earthlings were watching the moon turn blood red during Friday morning’s lunar eclipse, a robotic lander on the moon ...