Science & Space

The next total solar eclipse visible across a narrow path within the United States occurs on April 8, 2024. A total solar eclipse happens when the Moon completely covers the Sun...

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, briefly darkening part of our daylight. A lunar eclipse occurs when Earth passes between the Sun and Moon,...

Meteorites in New York are rare but documented, and most specimens discovered in the state are terrestrial rocks rather than extraterrestrial material. If you are looking for me...

Lunar eclipses are more common than solar eclipses because any full moon can encounter Earth’s broad shadow, while a solar eclipse demands a new moon precisely aligned with th...

A blood moon is the reddish appearance of the Moon during a total lunar eclipse, when Earth aligns between the Sun and the Moon and casts its shadow, called the umbra, across th...

The next solar eclipse in the United States after 2024 will be an annular eclipse on October 14, 2023, already passed, followed by a total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, also a...

Planetary retrograde describes the apparent backward motion of a planet against the background stars as seen from Earth. In everyday language, "retrograde" often signals a perio...

The short answer to what time are northern lights visible is typically after dark from late evening to early morning, with peak activity often between 10pm and 2am local time un...

Shae Saur is a NASA civil servant engineer serving as the Europa Clipper Payload Module Manager in the Astrophysics Division. In this role, Saur leads the Payload Module team re...

The Sun is the nearby star that powers daylight, seasons, and nearly all energy on Earth, while the Moon is Earth’s nearest celestial neighbor, governing tides and enabling ni...