Another partial solar eclipse is set for Sept. 21. This one will be visible in parts of Australia, in addition to Antarctica and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Oct. 7, Nov. 5 and Dec. 4: Supermoons There will be three supermoons next fall, on Oct. 8, Nov. 5 and Dec. 4.A su...
NASA's launch, slated for October, will send Clipper to explore Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. "We discovered in '90s that there is a giant ocean below the crust. Now, for a long time, the question has haunted us, could there be life in the solar system beyond Earth?" Sh...
The Moon doesn't pass through Earth's shadow on every orbit, though. The Moon's path around Earth is tilted, just enough that most Full Moons miss the shadow, passing either above or below it. However, once every five or six months, the Sun, Earth and ...
the entire Moon falls within the darkest part of Earth's shadow, called the umbra. When the Moon is within the umbra, it will turn a reddish hue. Lunar eclipses are sometimes called “Blood Moons” because of this phenomenon
As Ingenuity's mission ends a news era in flight on other planets and moons begins After Three Years on Mars, NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends Confirmation of ancient lake on Mars builds excitement for Perseverance rover's samples NASA helicopter's mission ends after three years...
The space age brought a revolution in understanding the nature of the Sun. With the capability to place an observatory in orbit we could continuously monitor solar activity. The development of the coronagraph, which is a small disk placed in front of a telescope that blocks out the light fr...
"I'm calling it the Super Bowl of moons," lunar scientist Noah Petro said Monday from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Others prefer "super blue blood moon." Either way, it's guaranteed to impress, provided the skies are clear. ...
We’ve heard all kinds of strange theories about a “Blood Moon.” Back in 2014–2015, some religious preachers made prophecies about a rare series of four consecutive total lunar eclipses (Blood Moons), claiming it was a sign of the beginning of the end times. They quoted the Book of ...
The three Full Moons of the Fall season occur on October 20 (Full Hunter's Moon), November 19 (Full Beaver Moon), and December 19 (Full Cold Moon). Due to the Moon's elliptical orbit around Earth, these will be the three farthest and smallest Full Moons of 2021. T...
The moon blocks the sun during a total solar eclipse in La Higuera, Chile, Tuesday, July 2, 2019. Northern Chile is known for clear skies and some of the largest, most powerful telescopes on Earth are being built in the area, turning the South American country into a global astronomy hub...