As the moon moved through the shadow of the Earth, it was also being illuminated by light from the sun — causing the moon to appear as if dipped in a deep red hue in a stunning celestial sight.

Stargazers on nearly one half of the world witnessed a total lunar eclipse overnight, as a rare cosmic lineup caused the moon ...

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

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

The vernal equinox occurs as Mercury stands still in Pisces and several of Jupiter’s moons transit in the sky this week.

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

Rare ‘blood moon’ lunar eclipse lights up the sky in red - The Moon turned a deep red on Friday morning, as its light was ...

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 ...

: Here's what people saw during the 2025 total lunar eclipse. Millions of people will soon watch the full moon ...

Exactly two weeks after the "blood moon" total lunar eclipse comes a partial solar eclipse visible to some in North America.

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 ...

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