For more details and timing of the event to determine when to watch and which stars you’ll see disappear, check out our ...

In addition to refraction hastening sunrise and delaying sunset, there is another factor that makes daylight longer than night at an equinox: sunrise and sunset are defined as the times when the first ...

A passing star may have kicked the weird moons of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn into place, new research suggests.

Because the Moon is closer to Earth than the planets and stars, it sometimes passes in front of, or occults, more distant ...

The upcoming Full Harvest Moon on Sept. 17 will feature a partial lunar eclipse. Here's what to expect and how to see it.

A temporary “mini-moon” will whirl around Earth for about two months as our planet’s gravity captures a small asteroid in its orbit.

China set to unveil long-term vision for space science The Chinese Academy of Sciences is aiming to accelerate its progress ...

While modern humans tend to think of science in terms of innovations made during the past 100 to 200 years, mankind has ...

The last lunar eclipse seen in New York and North America was the penumbral lunar eclipse March 25, that was the precursor to ...

A possible bright comet, a southern hemisphere solar eclipse, and a half-dozen meteor showers (including one that might ...