Plus: A solar eclipse and an occultation of the Pleiades as our satellite skims through several constellations in the sky ...

The moon dims, the meteors fly, and the planets dance—these are the most exciting celestial events happening this month.

Seven planets currently form a rare "planet parade" in February's evening sky, with three easy to see with the naked eye, and two more possible. It will return in 2036.

Prior to 2040, the last planetary quintuplet occurred in the year 1186, and according to Uptain, records show that the close ...

NASA recommended looking about 10 degrees above the horizon to ... surface right then.” When the moon is in the shadow, or the umbra, of the Earth, our planet casts a reddish shadow.

The action begins right at sunset — after which there will only be a 30-minute window in which all seven planets can be seen in alignment above the ... sky outside of the moon," he said.

The Blue Ghost lunar lander, operated by Firefly Aerospace from Texas, became the first commercial spacecraft to image an ...

Lyrid meteor shower, which peaks the night of April 22nd, is one of the main April highlights for sky-watchers.  This meteor ...

If last year whet your eclipse appetite, get excited for the night skies this month. Mid-March will bring a total lunar eclipse—a phenomenon that turns the full moon a haunting orange tone—to ...

The Red Planet and its tiny moon Deimos were recorded at a very near distance as the asteroid-chasing spacecraft completed a ...