STAUNTON – The sky won’t be the only difference during the April 8 solar eclipse. Typically, shadows casts by the sun show a clear, two-dimensional reflection of whatever blocks the sun’s light. A ...

The crescent moon is one of the most recognisable things in the night sky. At dusk or dawn, a lot of people have seen a thin, curved line of light in the sky. This shape is caused by the positions of ...

There’s something mesmerizing about a slim crescent moon hanging low in the sky at dusk or dawn. It lacks the brilliancy of a full moon or the high altitude above the horizon where we find an evening ...

During a solar eclipse, the Moon travels between the Earth and the Sun, blocking out the Sun. On Saturday, the Moon was farther away from Earth, so it did not completely block out the Sun, resulting ...

Viral social media posts claiming a celestial "smiley face" will appear on Christmas are false. The "smiley face" illusion is an optical effect caused by the alignment of a crescent Moon and two ...