The total lunar eclipse, or "blood moon," is happening on Thursday night. Here's why a lunar eclipse occurs, and why the moon turns red.

Beginning late Thursday, March 13 into early Friday, March 14, the Earth will pass between the sun ... blood moon' The total lunar eclipse will be visible throughout the U.S. on the night of ...

Those who glanced up at the sky Thursday night ... and why the moon showed a new hue when it happened. The moon appeared to turn red as Earth passed directly between it and the sun in what's ...

A lunar day lasts for two weeks, and the Blue Ghost used this time to perform its experiments on the moon’s surface and ...

Total lunar eclipse above Minnesota into early Friday; high clouds may dim the show Night ... moon total lunar eclipse is named blood because the moon will appear red. That’s because the sun ...

The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, conducted a series of experiments. It drilled three feet into the lunar soil, took X-ray images of the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects Earth ...

A space robot said "goodnight" to the moon as it completed its mission, capturing the first high-definition images of a lunar ...

The celestial event, which will see the moon change to rusty red hues, will occur in the U.S. on the night of March 13-14 ... obscuring the view of objects like the sun, according to NASA.

it doesn't block out the sun on every orbit, hence why not every new moon results in a solar eclipse, according to NASA. Related: What you can see in the night sky tonight On the nights before and ...

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