Chicago will soon have one of its best opportunities in decades to experience a total lunar eclipse. Come the night of March ...

Because the Moon is over a quarter the diameter of Earth, the Earth-Moon system is often cited as the pairing in our Solar ...

More than 3 billion years ago, when the Moon’s volcanic mare (the dark lunar “seas”) were formed, the Moon was rife with ...

Walking to the roof of Carnegie Science Hall to visit the college's observatory feels like being in a boat — the strange ...

Five of the brightest planets will be visible to the naked eye. With help, you may even spot Uranus and Neptune.

Malan is astronomy writer and presentation editor for the Enid News & Eagle. Email him at jmalan@enidnews.com. Have a ...

September opens with Venus hosting winter constellations in the eastern predawn sky. West of the planet, the bright star Procyon, in Canis Minor, the little dog, rises at almost the same time as ...

As New Year’s Day fades, a young moon hangs in the southwest near Venus and Mars. And as the sun sets on the last day of ...

By Mike Hutchens, UC Schools Communications Director The lessons culminating the study of astronomy for Union City Elementary School first graders have been out of this world. In completing the ...

The lunar heart, created by the interplay of light and shadow, is visible once a month, just before our satellite reaches ...

February's full Snow Moon will have a royal companion as it rises alongside Regulus, a star nicknamed "Heart of the Lion", ...

This week sees a special stargazing event, as as up to six planets will be visible in a line in the night sky.