A total lunar eclipse is a relatively rare occurrence and only takes place during a full moon. It occurs when the sun, Earth and moon align so that the moon passes into Earth's shadow, according ...

But if daytime skies were darkened during the total solar eclipse, does that mean the night will grow darker during a total ...

The artwork on the cover of Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' is iconic, but what's the story behind it?

And what is behind the surprising finding that lunar volcanoes may have been active much more recently than previously thought? “The more we look at the Moon, the more we’ve discovered—and ...

A total lunar eclipse - the first to grace our skies since 2022 - will happen in March, and it will bring us a Blood Moon that will appear tinted a reddish-orange to our eyes. The total lunar ...

Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting the lunar surface and being reflected back to our planet changes. That creates different lunar phases. The next Full Moon ...

Astronomers and amateur stargazers are preparing themselves for the first blood moon lunar eclipse of the year ... colours at the blue and violet end of the rainbow scatter more widely than ...

Today, Feb. 13, 2025, the moon is 15 days old and is in the Full Moon phase of its lunar cycle. It is 99% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the night sky. Some nights when we ...

which was also a 'partial lunar eclipse' and could be seen throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and western Australia. During this eclipse, the UK only saw 'a small fraction' of the Full Moon pass ...

Sometimes it's closer to us, which is why we experience "supermoons," or full moons that appear slightly larger in the night sky. But at other times, like tonight, the moon is farther away ...