Flying at night obscures star visibility due to cabin lights and ground light pollution. Bright interior lighting creates a ...

You know, after decades of pointing optics toward the sky, I consider myself a knowledgeable observer. But while researching ...

Besides, storms were on the way. When I stepped outside after supper to see whether setting my alarm made any sense, all I ...

It turned out to be a show stopper, but for much of the night, people hoping to catch a glimpse of the lunar eclipse worried ...

On a chilly Friday morning nature tantalized D.C., spreading clouds across the sky, but now and then permitting glimpses of a ...

Nearly 1-billion people from across North America and parts of South America were witness to the first of four lunar eclipses ...

As the moon moved through the shadow of the Earth, it was also being illuminated by light from the sun — causing the moon to ...

As the moon reflects the sun's light, the shadow dims the moon's glow. During the peak of a total lunar eclipse, the moon ...

The total eclipse lasts about an hour until 2:31 a.m. After that, Earth's shadow will slowly disappear, uncovering the moon's face from upper left to lower right. The moon will appear normal again by ...

“As maximum eclipse nears, the moon transforms into a deep crimson orb,” the space agency said. “That red color comes from ...

High temperatures will reach the upper 50s & low 60s today and will remain mild heading into the weekend. An IMPACT DAY has ...

North and South America will see a red moon, or Blood Moon, in a full lunar eclipse early Friday — but it may be difficult to ...