There is a special astronomical event happening early Friday morning. A lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, Earth, and moon all align perfectly to allow the Earth to cast a shadow on the moon.

Looking for a telescope to observe the moon or anything else in the sky? We recommend the Celestron Astro Fi 102 as the top pick in our best beginner's telescope guide. Don't forget a moon filter!

the moon, and sometimes special events like meteor showers. Observing the night sky can be done with no special equipment, although a sky map can be very useful, and a good telescope or binoculars ...

Man’s best window on the universe is the 200-inch Hale telescope on Palomar Mountain. It is a good window, but not good enough to satisfy the astronomers. It sees only a billion light-years into ...

The Moon outshines the Sun as cosmic rays bounce off its surface creating gamma radiation. They aren’t visible to the naked eye but were spotted using NASA’s Fermi Gamma Ray Telescope.

NEW ORLEANS — When astronomer Jackie Faherty peered into space using information from the James Webb Space Telescope ... a volcanically active moon in its orbit. Jupiter and Saturn offer ...