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NASA scientist Noah Petro sheds some light on the April 15, 2014, lunar eclipse that will leave the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in darkness for several hours. Image Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center › Download this video in HD formats from NASA Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio When people in North America look up at the sky in the early morning hours of April 15, they c

photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech This past January, NASA’s Opportunity rover sparked a bit of debate when it imaged a mysterious rock on Mars that didn’t seem to match other samples in the vicinity. This caused an uproar among bloggers in basements everywhere claiming it was evidence of alien life, but NASA ultimately ruled the rock had been flung to its present location Tiddlywink-style un

photo credit: Hubble's Closest View of Mars -- August 27, 2003. NASA, J. Bell (Cornell U.) and M. Wolff (SSI) Once every 26 months, the Sun, Earth, and Mars form an almost-perfectly straight line and the planets will be in opposition. This event will happen next on April 8 and the Red Planet will appear 10 times brighter than the brightest stars in the sky. Even if you live in an urban area a

The night sky tonight and on any clear night offers an ever-changing display of fascinating objects you can see, from stars and constellations to bright planets, often the moon, and sometimes special events like meteor showers. Observing the night sky can be done with no special equipment, although a sky map can be very useful, and a good beginner telescope or binoculars will enhance some experien

Where to see the eclipse Continents seeing at least some parts of the eclipse: West in Europe South/East Asia Much of Australia Much of Africa Much of North America Much of South America Pacific Atlantic Indian Ocean Antarctica Total eclipse visible in: Locations being able to see at least parts of the Total part. Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Guatema