Solar eclipses occur when the moon gets between Earth and the sun. This causes the moon to cast a shadow onto Earth. A solar ...

The European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission satellites aligned to cause a solar eclipse that helped record and study the Sun’s outer atmosphere.

A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipses by flying in precise and fancy formation, providing hours of on-demand totality for ...

When a deep partial eclipse occurs on Earth, a total solar eclipse must be occurring just above it. After all, the moon is always projecting a shadow into space — what astronomers call an umbral ...

A partial solar eclipse on Saturday will make it look as if the moon has taken a bite out of the sun over parts of North America, Greenland and Northern Europe.

The moon casts a shadow on Earth and only partly blocks the sun, making it appear like a crescent. Unlike a total solar eclipse, there’s no totality so experts say proper eye protection must be ...

During last year's total solar eclipse, spectators in the path of totality got to witness a stunning sight of the Earth, moon and sun aligned perfectly for a few minutes — bringing an eerie ...

Well at least partially. The total lunar eclipse known as the "blood moon" amazed Americans last night as the moon and the sun were on exact opposite sides of Earth.

Blue Ghost got its first glimpse of the eclipse around 1:30 a.m. Eastern Time Friday, as Earth slowly blocked the lander’s view of the Sun.

Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander has snapped a gorgeous photo of a solar eclipse from the Moon in which Earth covers up most of the Sun, leaving only the so-called diamond ring effect.

During a solar eclipse, the Moon temporarily blocks out the Sun. If you were on the Moon during the lunar eclipse, it would look like Earth was blocking out the Sun.

A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth comes in the way of the Sun’s light hitting the moon while a solar eclipse happens when the moon comes in between the sun and casts its shadow on Earth. A ...