It was even cloudy over northern Mexico, but some had the right kind of sea legs. "We had to sail a considerable distance away from the coast to find a spot where it would be clear at eclipse time ...

When two stars orbit one another in such a way that one blocks the other's light each time it swings around, that's an eclipsing binary. A new paper ...

Katie Paterson, a Scottish artist known for deeply research-based works, continues her universal explorations with two shows ...

Artist's concept of the star HIP 67522 with a flare erupting toward an orbiting planet, HIP 67522 b. A second planet, HIP ...

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) have remained a mystery to astronomers even since the first was detected in 2007 (known as the ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a partial solar eclipse. See its view in multiple wavelengths. Credit: Space.com | ...

It's 429 days — just over 14 months — since April 8, 2024's "Great American Eclipse" across North America and 429 days until ...

Podcaster Show PlayerThe moon is over the Sydney Harbour Bridge during a lunar eclipse in Sydney, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Known as a blood moon, the moon appears a reddish-orange from the light of ...

A European space agency created the first "artificial total solar eclipse" using a pair of satellites on Monday.

Two European satellites have successfully manufactured artificial solar eclipses by maintaining a precise formation in space. This innovative technique offers scientists extended periods of totality ...

While previous satellites have generated imitation solar eclipses — including the European Space Agency and NASA’s Solar Orbiter and Soho observatory — the sun-blocking disk was always on ...