There's an opportunity tonight to catch the March 2025 "Blood Moon," a phenomenon that colors the full moon in shades of red, orange and yellow during a total lunar eclipse.

A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth moves directly between the sun and the moon. In this case, the Earth blocks light from the sun and casts a shadow on the moon's surface, dimming it and causing it to turn red for a few hours.

The total lunar eclipse featuring a "blood moon" will appear on the evening of March 13 and into the early morning of March 14.

But eclipses aren't only an entertaining astronomical show — they have practical implications for science, too. While eclipses might've inspired fear in many ancient civilizatio