Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. On the night of Aug. 27-28, the full Sturgeon Moon will pass ...

If you happen to glance up at the moon late tonight and think it looks a little strange, don't worry. The moon isn't disappearing, and the sky isn't broken. Instead, skywatchers across New Jersey and ...

Watch a stunning time-lapse captured by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft as it witnesses a lunar eclipse from deep space. See the Earth, Moon, and shadow align in a rare cosmic perspective you can’t experience ...

New moons and full moons occur almost every month. However, solar and lunar eclipses do not happen every month. If it were ...

A solar eclipse or a lunar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth, Moon, and the lunar nodes line up. This alignment happens ...

Skywatchers across much of the U.S. got a look at a near-total lunar eclipse overnight Thursday into Friday, as the Earth's shadow covered almost all of the moon's surface. About 96% of the lunar ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 The eclipse is also known as a “blood moon” because of its reddish-orange hue. Chalinee Thirasupa/Chalinee Thirasupa, Reuters A near-total lunar eclipse will ...

A dramatic partial lunar eclipse, often nicknamed an “almost Blood Moon,” is coming on the night of August 27-28, 2026. During the event, about 96% of the Moon’s visible surface will be covered by ...

We could not have asked for better timing. Skies should be mainly clear across central Indiana tonight, and the moon is going to spend most of it sliding into Earth's shadow. Tap HERE to the hourly ...

The moon lit up the night sky and put on an incredible show. But we'll have to wait a few months for the next lunar eclipse and even longer for the next total lunar eclipse. A lunar eclipse can only ...

Eclipses aren't rare — they follow a predictable 6-month cycle called "eclipse season," bringing paired solar and lunar eclipses roughly twice yearly.