The sometimes rather enormous tuber of the Arizona Queen of the Night (it may weigh more than 40 pounds) served as a nutritious food source for Southwestern native peoples. The cactus can be ...

Jan. 28 marks the Lunar New Year, beginning the Year of the Snake. It's not the only lunar festival — Ramadan begins Feb. 28, ...

It is 13% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the night sky. Some nights when we look up at the moon, it is full and bright; sometimes it is just a sliver of silvery light.

The first full moon of the year rises Monday night. It is known as the wolf moon, named for the howling wolves heard in winter. Here’s everything you need to know about the January full moon.

The moon will still appear full the night before and after its peak to the casual stargazer. Want to see the moon up close? We recommend the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ as the best for ...

Space fans across much of the US can witness the event as it happens in the night sky. On Monday, Mars will look reddish and bright as the moon passes in front of it, obscuring the planet for over ...

Mars disappeared behind the full Moon for a little more than an hour Monday night, an event visible across most of North America and parts of Africa. So I grabbed my camera, ran outside ...

Keep an eye on the sky Monday evening to see the wolf moon, the first full moon of the ... Look for it in the east each night, as well as in the northwest at dawn. Mars isn’t the only planet ...

Starting Jan. 29, 2025, the Chinese Lunar New Year marks the Year of the Wood Snake. It’s celebrated for 15 days, ending on ...

The full moon will pass in front of the planet Mars on Monday night, Jan. 13. For the Duluth region it will cover the planet for just over an hour from 8:13 to 9:12 p.m. local time. Earlier in the ...