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 ...

Seven planets are on display in the night sky at the end of February, but some will be harder to spot than others. Here’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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

Mars SKY AT Viewed from above the solar system, the seven planets will fall within Earth’s line of sight at sunset, and will not be obscured by the sun. Viewed from above the solar system ...