On March 13-14, we had a total eclipse of the moon. The moon crossed the ecliptic — the apparent path of the sun in our sky — less than 7 hours after arriving at full phase on March 14th ...

On March 13-14, we had a total eclipse of the moon. The moon crossed the ecliptic — the apparent path of the sun in our sky — less than 7 hours after arriving at full phase on March 14th ...

A dazzling snapshot from ESO’s Paranal Observatory captures a rare sky parade — the Moon, a comet, and nearly every visible planet strung across the heavens. This celestial lineup is an optical ...

Then pick a direction. Most first-time stargazers begin by looking south, as that's where northern-hemisphere observers see the ecliptic, where the planets prowl. You can also alter direction by ...

In a statement accompanying the photo, ESO notes that the planets do not follow the same arc of the Milky Way, but instead follow an imaginary line known as the ecliptic. The ecliptic traces the ...

Planet parade with four planets visible to the naked eye on the evening sky, Mars on left, Jupiter in the middle, Saturn and Venus on the right as they move along the ecliptic, in Sparta NC ...