Virgo season began with a new moon, and now it’s ending with one, too. On September 21, the skies will deliver a rare encore: the second consecutive Virgo new moon, this one supercharged as a solar ...

A solar eclipse recorded in ancient China more than 2,700 years ago is helping scientists refine measurements of Earth’s rotation and investigate the Sun’s past behavior.

For as long as people have watched the skies, they have attempted to explain solar eclipses. Common themes emerge among these stories: devouring of the Sun, display of anger by the Sun, or either a ...

Science is messy business. Finding the truth is easier said than done.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sky-gazers watch the only total solar eclipse of 2021 in Antarctica on December 4. - Felipe Trueba/Imagen Chile/AP A “ring of fire ...