At the point of the occultation, the sun, Earth, moon and Mars will all line up at once. Stock images show the moon and Mars. On Wednesday night, Mars will pass behind the moon in an event known ...

The moon will occult Mars in a rare astronomical event, coinciding with the month's full Wolf Moon that peaks on the same night TacioPhilip/Getty Point your ... the occultation will take place ...

eclipsing it from our vantage point here on Earth and blocking it from view for up to 15 seconds in an event known as an occultation. The asteroid is known as 319 Leona, a main belt object that ...

An astronomical event will be visible to the United States tonight during the first full moon of the year. The full moon of the year will be accompanied by a lunar event called occultation, and it ...

Betelgeuse, the most famous red supergiant star and one of the sky's brightest, will disappear for up to 12 seconds during an ultra-rare occultation ... of it from our point of view on Earth.

It's also a supermoon, set to appear in night skies Jan. 13, and will pass in front of Mars during a phenomenon known as occultation ... at one of the closest points to Earth in its orbit.

The two points in the Moon's orbit that cross the ecliptic — known as the nodes — rotate over a cycle that takes 18.6 years to complete. A lunar occultation of Saturn occurs at the point in ...

BOSTON - The highlight of the week is coming tonight in the night sky - the lunar occultation of Mars. First off, at 5:27 p.m. the moon will be officially full. The full January moon is known as ...

"This was the first time we have collaborated on this scale for an occultation ... all of which have low freezing points. The planet's atmosphere is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium.

Data returned from the observations will be provided to the New Horizon team who is preparing for Pluto's occultation, July 13 through the 15th.

The duration of the occultation is approximately given by the ratio of the Fresnel scale to the relative velocity perpendicular to the line of sight between the observer and the KBO. Because the ...