A computer simulation predicts that the Rubin Observatory will discover millions of previously undetected objects in the ...

How can humanity use the developing Lunar Gateway as an appropriate starting point for advancing human space exploration beyond the moon? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and ...

Now, it’s time for June’s night-sky highlights. Here’s what to look for while stargazing this month.

In the Northern Hemisphere, June 20 is the day on which the sun is highest in the sky, aka the summer solstice! This is the ...

know nothing or very little about the Hindu calendar. What is it based upon, the lunar or the solar cycle? What is its antiquity? How accurate is it? And what are the months that constitute it?

This calendar year has already been filled with exciting astronomical events, from a “planetary parade” to the recent total lunar eclipse. This weekend we have a partial solar eclipse on March ...

A lunar eclipse is an astronomical event that happens when the sun, Earth and moon all align so that the moon passes into the Earth's shadow, causing the moon to be darkened. Unlike solar ...

A lunar eclipse is an astronomical event that happens when the sun, Earth and moon all align so that the moon passes into the Earth's shadow, causing the moon to be darkened. Unlike solar ...

What's the difference between a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse? Here's everything you need to know about how the positions of Earth, the moon and the sun combine to create some of the sky's ...

A lunar eclipse at near totality is seen ... Highlight of the month March 29: On the final Saturday of the month, a partial solar eclipse will peak at around 7 a.m. in the D.C. area.