The moon and sun share top billing in 2026. Kicking off the year’s cosmic wonders is the moon, drawing the first astronauts to visit in more than 50 years as well as a caravan of robotic lunar landers ...

The crescent moon is one of the most recognisable things in the night sky. At dusk or dawn, a lot of people have seen a thin, curved line of light in the sky. This shape is caused by the positions of ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...

The last total lunar eclipse visible from the U.S. happened less than a year ago, on March 13, 2025. That night, it was cloudy in Duluth, but satellite photos showed clear skies about 75 miles to the ...

The sun will also generate buzz with a ring-of-fire eclipse at the bottom of the world in February and a total solar eclipse at the top of the world in August. Expect more auroras in unexpected places ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Astronauts return to the moon for the first time in 50 years — though not on its surface — alongside robotic ...