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Total Lunar Eclipse to Turn Harvest Moon Red on September 7

Totality will last about 80 minutes, producing a safe-to-watch blood moon visible across wide regions of the globe.

Total Lunar Eclipse on Sept. 7–8 Will Turn the Moon Red Across Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia

8% Crescent Moon Meets Mars Low in the West Tonight

Webb Spots Tiny New Moon Around Uranus, Bringing Count to 29

Study Hints at 'Planet Y' in Outer Solar System After Kuiper Belt Warp Detected

Psyche Spacecraft Snaps Distant Earth–Moon Portrait During Instrument Checkout

James Webb Spots Tiny New Moon Orbiting Uranus

Webb Telescope Discovers Tiny Uranus Moon, Bringing Total to 29

Black Moon on August 23 Will Darken Skies as Perseids Fade

Six-Planet Parade Visible Before Dawn as Mercury Hits Greatest Elongation

Six-Planet Parade Continues as Mercury Rises and Moon Approaches

Venus and Jupiter Coincide in Dawn Sky as Six-Planet Parade Unfolds

Mercury Stations Direct in Leo as Shadow Phase Extends to August 25

Moon Remains 88% Lit as Perseids Meteor Shower Peaks

Hubble and Infrared Observations Show 3I/ATLAS Is an Active Interstellar Comet

Waning Gibbous Moon to Dim Perseid Meteor Shower’s Peak Display

Six Planets Align Before Dawn as Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks

Ringed Centaur Chiron Slips into Retrograde Orbit

Moonlight Set to Dampen This Year’s Perseid Meteor Shower Peak

Cosmic Rays Could Power Life on Europa, Enceladus and Mars, Studies Find