Look to the southeastern horizon in the hours following sunset on Nov. 29 — you'll be able to see the moon shine close to the ...

While there is the expression “Once in a blue moon,” once in a while, there is a Black Moon too. Later in August, a rare Black Moon will be seen — or rather, hidden — in the night sky. A Black Moon is ...

Two meteor showers will dazzle the night sky this month, along with a brilliant super harvest moon starting next week. The Draconids and the Orionids are the two major meteor showers happening in ...

New moons are only visible during solar eclipses. This visualization of a tiny sliver, for example, is technically a crescent moon. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 This ...

December for lovers of astronomy is highlighted by the Geminids meteor shower, as Greg Redern highlights in December’s ...

The moon-planet-star trio are among the brightest objects in our solar system, meaning the impending conjunction should be incredibly easy to spot. A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at ...

There are "blood," "super" and "blue" moons, and then there's the "black" moon. The "black moon," a rare phenomenon that occurs during a new moon phase of the lunar cycle, will occur this weekend. But ...

A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – or, in this case, other celestial bodies – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. The trio of ...

Conditions are near-perfect to spot this celestial visitor, which won't appear again in our night sky for another millennium. Reading time 2 minutes This year is a boom time for comets. Not only did ...