astrophysics

A chilly, midday darkness fell across North America on Monday as a total solar eclipse raced across the continent, thrilling those lucky enough to beh...

Most of us have heard of and read about the Great North American Eclipse on April 8 that will stretch from the Pacific coast of Mexico and across sout...

RED HOUSE — A partial eclipse event this weekend will serve as a dress rehearsal for the first total eclipse in the area in over 200 years next spring...

RED HOUSE — A partial eclipse event in October will serve as a dress rehearsal for the first total eclipse in the area in over 200 years next spring. ...

There’s a lot going on with the full moon tonight — the second full moon of the month of August. The Old Farmer’s Almanac tells us that the second ful...

The first full moon of August will appear in the sky Tuesday night — it’s the full Sturgeon Moon, which we will get to momentarily. But, wait, did we ...

One of the great natural spectacles of the summer sky is just getting underway — with the peak coming in a few weeks. The Perseid meteor shower occurs...

July’s full moon rises after sunset today, the evening before the Fourth of July, and it will be bigger and brighter than average. July’s full moon — ...

The coming Lyrid meteor shower could produce as many as 100 shooting stars per hour — although the more common amount is 15 to 20 meteors per hour. Re...

We are going back to the moon. And fairly soon, too. A new rocket was successfully tested. There are news accounts about what’s ahead. But it has all ...

We are going back to the moon. And fairly soon, too. A new rocket was successfully tested. There are news accounts about what’s ahead. But it has all ...

December’s full moon — the Full Cold Moon — reached its peak late Wednesday. The Old Farmer’s Almanac tells us that in most of North America, the moon...

Better catch the moon’s disappearing act Tuesday — there won’t be another like it for three years. The Associated Press reports the total lunar eclips...

August’s full moon — the Sturgeon Moon — will reach peak illumination at 9:36 o’clock tonight, the last of three so-called supermoons of 2022. As the ...

Those spectacular pictures of galaxies forming at a time very near the origin of the universe from the James Webb Space Telescope came at a pretty pri...

Was the (potentially) amazing James Webb Space Telescope launched from French Guiana on Christmas of all days to put it more in the public eye — or le...

The longest lunar eclipse of the century will occur in the early morning hours on Friday. Experts say the eclipse of November’s full Moon will be wort...

We generally try to remind readers of the arrival of full moons each month. But today we note that the most super of three consecutive NEW moon superm...