People gazing up at the night sky this March will have the opportunity to see the Moon change color during a special eclipse ...
The northern and southern lights, auroras visible from the poles, glow with a range of different colored lights. Here's the reason for each of those colors.
Welcome to this month’s edition of “What’s up in the sky?” February has a nice lineup of planets and some eye-catching ...
Wednesday, February 5 First Quarter Moon occurs at 3:02 A.M. EST. Nearly half a day later, the Moon passes 5° north of Uranus ...
Four planets are visible in the night sky immediately after sunset ... the red planet—visible below Jupiter—looks a golden-reddish color to the naked eye. On Jan. 13, the first full moon ...
The pair shine together in the early-evening sky, still 30° high in the southwest ... Castor is a much hotter star — see if you can make out its color, which should appear blue-white ...
Skygazers and astronomy enthusiasts can look forward to catching a rare "planet parade" in the night sky through January. According to NASA scientist Preston Dyches, the planets "will appear more ...
The interaction causes the atoms in Earth's atmosphere to glow, creating a spectrum of color in the night sky. A view of the Northern Lights by the Eklutna Lake in Alaska, December 31, 2024.