In this article, I'll delve into the Moon's phases, including why they occur and how they impact life on Earth. The Sun always lights up one half of our Moon. However, that's not always the half we ...

Mars still is spectacularly brilliant, as brilliant as it will be for another 26 months. When the Red Planet again falls into an orbit opposite the sun - called “opposition.” It is so bright that with ...

The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College will resume public viewing after the holidays when students return to campus ...

Every year, his birth anniversary is celebrated with deep respect and fondness by fans, and in 2023, the Luna Society ...

On Tuesday evening, six planets will line up in the night's sky - Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus. Best ...

Have you read on social media about the “once in 396 billion years” planetary alignment happening on Jan. 25? Guess what? Social media is not reliable. Here’s what’s really going on — and why you ...

For the first 25 days, it is to circle around Earth as ... of this world with our space and astronomy calendar. Scientists think our planet’s “mini-moon,” a small rock discovered near ...

Full moons are when the moon appears as a circle in the sky, because the full side of the ... you might want to look for the Moon as it is rising, according to astronomy experts. The BBC Sky at Night ...

As it orbits the Earth each month it circles around the entire sky. Earth and the rest of the planets orbit the sun in approximately in the same plane, which the moon also shares. That's why it ...

"Because the orbit of the moon is not a perfect circle, the moon is sometimes closer to the Earth than at other times during its orbit." On average, supermoons appear about 7% bigger and about 15% ...

The scientific community is warning about a 3,000-hectare power plant that is jeopardizing the darkness of the skies over the ...

While planets circle the sun in what's called and heliocentric orbit, they rarely fall together in what appears to the human ...