Why do some places wait 1,000 years to see a total solar eclipse while others get two in a decade? The surprising orbital mechanics behind where eclipses happen — and don't.

Though a rare sight, it's not the first time a solar eclipse has been viewed from lunar realms. The Apollo astronauts, who orbited the moon rather than flew by it (as Artemis 2 did), also saw solar eclipses, NASA's Kelsey Young, Artemis science flight operations lead, said during a press conference on Saturday (April 4).

Nasa has released the first photographs taken by the Artemis II astronauts during their fly-by of the Moon. The first image, above, shows an 'Earthset' as the astronauts glimpsed our home planet peeking out beyond a cratered lunar landscape.

A total solar eclipse will cross the Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, and northern Spain on August 12, 2026. The Moon’s umbral shadow will make landfall in the Northern Hemisphere during the late afternoon and early evening hours in Europe,

Most people never get to experience a total solar eclipse, when the moon blots out the disk of the sun and reveals its fiery outermost atmospheric layer, or corona. “Seconds after the sun set behind

Bright full moons, dazzling meteor shower displays and remarkable total eclipses will give stargazers plenty of reasons to look to the sky in 2026. The new year kicks off with the full wolf moon on Saturday, the first of three supermoons this year.

The Artemis II crew of NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen pose with their eclipse glasses used to protect their eyes for the Orion spacecraft's flyby of the Moon April 6,

Artemis II astronauts are returning to Earth after a historic lunar flyby, setting a new record for human spaceflight.