Gazing up at the moon, you can often be bewitched by its ever-changing shades of a silvery glow. The phenomenon of the moon appearing in different colors has intrigued sky gazers for centuries, ...

Physicist Helen Czerski explores the complex science behind familiar phenomena. Read more columns here. This week, as I tracked the progress of NASA’s Orion spacecraft circling the moon, I found ...

Blue moons and blood moons. While some of these names are meant to coincide with other astronomical or worldly event — the strawberry moon is so named because it's the time when strawberries are ...

North America won't see the eclipse, since the moon will be below the horizon, but anyone can watch via a live video webcast. Huge swaths of Earth are in for a special astronomical treat in late July: ...

A total lunar eclipse is about to be visible in the night sky Thursday night into Friday morning, when the moon should transition from appearing bright white to orange-red. Most of the Western ...

While learning how to find Mars and other planets have garnered much attention these days, Earth's moon continues to fascinate humans. The moon is located an average of 238,855 miles away, depending ...

A total lunar eclipse that resulted in a so-called “blood moon” appearing in the night sky between March 13 and 14 resulted ...

Meteor showers, a planetary conjunction and a rare heavenly occurrence that appears only, well, "once in a blue moon" will soar across the night sky in the coming days and weeks over Indiana. Avid ...