Mercury, the first planet from the sun, is about to stand out among the stars this week. But this brightness is not expected ...

Tonight a total lunar eclipse will sweep the Western Hemisphere as the sun, earth and moon align. Called the 'Blood Moon', the reddish hue will be visible without special glasses or a telescope. NBC's ...

Though sun halos can happen year-round, they are especially noticeable in the winter when ice-filled cirrus clouds are more ...

Look west and see the sun set. Look east, the full moon rises. Seeing this phenomenon is impressive, but not unique, according to the Journal's astronomy expert, Kevin McKeown. In April, September, ...

NASA’s newest space telescope rocketed into orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before — a sweeping look at ...

Tomorrow night, skywatchers across the Big Country will get a front-row seat to a stunning celestial event — a total lunar ...

It rapidly zooms into the morning sky, reaching an angular distance of 15 degrees from the sun by month's end. Meanwhile, glowing brilliantly, well up in the southern and western sky is Jupiter.

"So that from our perspective the planets are always very close to the apparent path of the Sun in the sky also known as the ecliptic. "This means they will always be along this line. "You could ...

It was around 1870 when the British physicist John William Strutt, better known as Lord Rayleigh, first found an explanation for why the sky is blue: Blue light from the Sun is scattered the most when ...

Four-State residents can look up at the sky Thursday night into Friday morning to catch a glimpse of the "Blood Moon" lunar ...