Eclipses

Kicking Off Eclipse Season: Our Guide to the September 13th Partial Solar Eclipse

Eclipse season 2 of 2 for 2015 is nigh this weekend, book-ended by a partial solar eclipse on September 13th,…

9 years ago

Watch the Moon Occult Aldebaran This Weekend

How about that perigee Full Moon this past weekend? Thus begins ‘Supermoon season’ for 2015, as this month’s Full Moon…

9 years ago

Ice Giants at Opposition

It seems as if the planets are fleeing the evening sky, just as the Fall school star party season is…

9 years ago

Blues for the Second Full Moon of July

Brace yourselves for Blue Moon madness. The month of July 2015 hosts two Full Moons: One on July 2nd and…

9 years ago

Catching Earth at Aphelion

Do you feel a little… distant today? The day after the 4th of July weekend brings with it the promise…

9 years ago

Was This Past Weekend’s Lunar Eclipse Really Total?

Millions of viewers across the western United States and across the Pacific, to include Australia and New Zealand were treated…

9 years ago

Don’t Blink! April 4th Lunar Eclipse Shortest of the Century

Get ready for one awesome total lunar eclipse early Saturday morning April 4th. For the third time in less than…

9 years ago

Mind-Bending View of a Solar Eclipse from the Stratosphere

What does a solar eclipse look like from a fast-flying Falcon 7X jet at 14,000 meters (48,000 feet)? French journalist…

9 years ago

Thierry Legault Captures ISS Transit of the Sun — During Eclipse!

Thierry Legault has won today's partial solar eclipse. Known for his amazing shots of spacecraft transiting the Sun, today he…

9 years ago

Amazing Views of Today’s Total Solar Eclipse From Earth… and Space

There's an old Robert Heinlein saying that goes "climate is what you expect, weather is what you get," And the…

9 years ago