Earth’s sister planet reaches greatest western elongation and dichotomy as the waxing Moon slides along the ecliptic in the ...

Photographer Petr Horálek observed both a lunar eclipse and a galaxy of stars from the the US National Science Foundation’s ...

A unique celestial event will grace the night sky on May 29, 2025, as the crescent moon aligns with two bright stars to form an unmistakable smiley visible to millions of skywatchers.According to ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

An Auckland bird hospital wants public light displays like the Harbour Bridge and Sky Tower to be dimmed ... on overcast or rainy nights when the moon was obscured and light reflected off cloud cover.

A celestial leap is set to take place over two nights as the moon and Jupiter will appear to dance near to each other in the night sky. The crescent moon will appear "wafer thin" through the night ...

Despite the name, the moon doesn’t turn pink—it’s named for spring blooms and will appear slightly smaller this year as a micromoon. In April, the night sky is packed with cosmic events ...

A “pink moon” will be shining in the night sky when the April moon of 2025 turns full this weekend. But it won’t actually look pink, and it will appear to be slightly smaller than an average ...

This is the same process that makes our sky appear blue by day or reddish-orange at sunset. Due to the expected red color, many refer to this phenomenon during a lunar eclipse as a "blood moon." ...

an unusual pattern emerges in the sky when seen through a filter that can detect polarised light. This is called the e-vector pattern. “[W]hen the sun/moon is near the horizon, the pattern of ...

Keep an eye on the sky Monday evening to see the wolf moon, the first full moon of the ... Look for it in the east each night, as well as in the northwest at dawn. Mars isn’t the only planet ...