A recent image captured by NASA’s PUNCH mission has sparked curiosity by showing the sun partially eclipsed with what looks like a second moon nearby. This striking photo, taken during the mission’s ...

NASA's PUNCH mission, a tiny constellation of four satellites, captured a photo of the moon drifting across the sky through a haze of sunlight. The mission is still undergoing commissioning and is ...

A new NASA mission to map the solar wind has returned some of its first images from its position in low Earth orbit. The ...

(NEXSTAR) – A treat awaits sky gazers in the month of March – the moon will take on a deep, reddish hue as it slips into the Earth’s shadow during a total lunar eclipse. The celestial ...

Venus reaches its greatest western elongation (46°) from the Sun at midnight EDT. Earth’s sister planet is now visible in the ...

On the evening of May 27, the 23-hour-old moon will appear low in the northwestern sky starting about a half-hour after ...

The waning crescent Moon contrasts nicely with Venus the morning star, with the planet quickly approaching dichotomy.

Did you ever ask yourself why the sun is bright yellow during the day and why the moon glows white at night? Well, there is ...

occurring when the Earth moves between the sun and the moon, blocking the solar light that typically reflects off the lunar surface and casting a shadow in its place. Lunar eclipses can either be ...

Because of that alignment, the Earth’s shadow will temporarily block the light that the sun reflects off the moon’s surface, so the moon’s brightness will fade. The last time a total lunar ...

The moon, which does not create its own light, is visible thanks to sunlight reflecting off of it. The different phases of the moon appear as the moon orbits Earth, changing our perspective of the ...

Notice that the entire outline of the moon is faintly visible. This is caused by sunlight reflecting off the Earth out to the moon and back to our eyes. Also, look at the narrow cusps. They're ...