Late last year, a newly discovered asteroid caused quite a stir when initial observations revealed a greater than 1% chance ...

Every so often a new moon is known as a "Black Moon". A Black Moon is not an official astronomical term but there are two common definitions for the term according to Time and Date: The next black ...

March's full "Blood Worm Moon," a phenomenon that makes the moon appear red during a total lunar eclipse, is visible this week for Americans and others in Earth's Western Hemisphere. The full moon ...

Lunar eclipses have informally called “blood moons” because the moon turns an eerie copper or reddish color. Michael Shanahan, the director of the Liberty Science Center Planetarium in Jersey ...

The moon turns red only during a total lunar eclipse, when the sun, Earth and moon align in a nearly straight line and the moon is fully in Earth’s shadow. The resulting red-hued moon—which is ...

The Mark Morris Dance Group returned to the Kennedy Center this week for two nights of performances of Moon, a new work ...

2:26 AM EDT (11:26 PM PDT) – Totality begins (moon turns red). 2:59 AM EDT (11:59 PM PDT) – Peak totality (deepest red color). 3:31 AM EDT (12:31 AM PDT) – Totality ends, moon begins ...