The first total lunar eclipse in more than two years lit up the sky last night as humanity, forever fascinated with the Earth ...

A Sun-Times photographer joined stargazers at Montrose Harbor as the Earth’s shadow began to move across the moon early ...

In the Americas alone more than one billion people in 35 countries could bear witness to the total lunar eclipse.

A total lunar eclipse was visible across North America including Chicago Thursday night into Friday morning. The moon passed through the Earth’s shadow overnight, appearing to turn a rusty reddish ...

According to Dr. Angela Speck, a professor of astrophysics and department chair for physics and astronomy at The University ...

During the eclipse, the Earth passed between the sun and moon, blocking light from hitting the lunar surface, making the moon ...

March's full moon is called the "Worm Moon," according to the Farmer's Almanac, which has documented the history of how full moons are named. Moons that take on these reddish hues during a total lunar ...

Stargazers had a sight to behold overnight Thursday as a "blood moon" total lunar eclipse flushed the moon red across the ...

As the moon moved through the shadow of the Earth, it was also being illuminated by light from the sun — causing the moon to ...

This week’s lunar eclipse will be the first witnessed in high-def from the moon itself — technically a solar eclipse on the ...

A "Blood Moon" happens during a total lunar eclipse, when the sun, Earth and the moon align in that order. Long wavelengths of sunlight are refracted through Earth's atmosphere before reaching the ...

March’s full moon, also called a 'blood moon,' reached peak illumination in the early hours of Friday and was visible from ...