Claims about a solar eclipse on Aug. 2 have gone viral on social media. But is the solar event actually happening? What to ...

An eclipse occurs when the Earth passes directly between the moon and the sun causing a shadow to appear on the surface of ...

A total lunar eclipse, what many across the U.S. were able to witness early Friday, is when Earth blocks sunlight that normally reaches the moon. Instead of that sunlight hitting the moon’s ...

Partial lunar eclipse. Gary Hershorn/Getty According to NASA, the full moon will start on Sept. 17 at 10:35 p.m. EDT and will appear full through Sept. 18. That same day, the moon will begin to ...

The countdown for the year's first (and only) total lunar eclipse begins. The celestial event, which will see the moon change to rusty red hues, will occur in the U.S. on the night of March 13-14.

The countdown for the year's first (and only) total lunar eclipse begins. The celestial event, which will see the moon change to rusty red hues, will occur in the U.S. on the night of March 13-14 ...

The Solar Dynamics Observatory saw a lunar transit and an Earth eclipse on July 25 — the first when the moon passed between it and the sun, and another when Earth did the same.

Though lunar eclipses may be more commonly visible by a larger swath of people on Earth than solar eclipses —when the moon passes between the sun and Earth—they’re astrologically significant ...