A total solar eclipse will be visible from Texas to Maine on Monday. This cosmic event occurs when the Earth, sun, and moon align perfectly. One diagram shows how a total solar eclipse works, and why ...

Look up in the sky: It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's the moon covering the sun. In just a few days a total solar eclipse will arrive in North America, and people are already pretty excited. But, ...

Early Tuesday morning, March 3, a total eclipse of the Moon will be visible from throughout the U.S. (and North and America). In a lunar eclipse, the Moon and the Sun are exactly opposite each other ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The Moon moves right to left, passing through the penumbra ...