Science & Space

A super blue blood moon is a combination of three distinct lunar conditions that happen to occur together: a supermoon, a blue moon, and a total lunar eclipse that brings a redd...

A total solar eclipse is one of the most dramatic celestial events observable from Earth, where the Moon completely obscures the Sun for a brief interval along a narrow path. Be...

Venus is the brightest planet in Earth’s sky and its location changes every night, so finding it tonight starts with knowing your approximate time and direction. In the evenin...

The last strawberry moon of the year is the full moon that occurs closest to the June solstice in the northern hemisphere. It is named for the short strawberry harvesting season...

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, temporarily blocking some or all of the Sun’s light. If you are inside the central path of the Moon’s...

A total lunar eclipse occurred on January 20–21, 2019, producing a widely observed 'blood moon' for viewers across the Americas, Europe, and parts of Africa and Asia. This eve...

Retrograde describes an apparent backward motion of a planet across the sky, caused by differences in orbital speed between Earth and the other planet. From an astronomical pers...

The first person to journey into outer space was Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut who completed a single orbit of Earth on April 12, 1961, aboard Vostok 1. His flight lasted 108...

Jupiter’s auroras are persistent, powerful light displays in the planet’s polar regions, produced when energetic particles—primarily electrons and protons—follow magneti...

A total solar eclipse happens when the Moon completely covers the Sun, turning day into twilight for up to a few minutes along a narrow path on Earth. This guide explains when a...