Naked Eye Nova Sagittarii 2015 No 2
It quickly went from obscurity to one of the brighter stars in Sagittarius — but it’s fading. Named […]
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Atlas V Launches MMS
Birds don’t fly this high. Airplanes don’t go this fast. The Statue of Liberty weighs less. No species […]
A Double Eclipse of the Sun
Can the Sun be eclipsed twice at the same time? Last Friday was noteworthy because part of the […]
Northern Equinox Eclipse
Snowy and cold is weather you might expect at the start of spring for Longyearbyen on the Arctic […]
Sunshine, Earthshine
Today’s date marks an Equinox and a New Moon. Remarkably, while the exact timing of both geocentric events […]
Aurora in the Backyard
On the night of March 17/18 this umbrella of northern lights unfolded over backyards in Vallentuna, Sweden about […]
Earth During a Total Eclipse of the Sun
What does the Earth look like during a total solar eclipse? It appears dark in the region where […]
The Big Dipper Enhanced
Do you see it? This common question frequently precedes the rediscovery of one of the most commonly recognized […]
The Clouds of Orion the Hunter
Cradled in cosmic dust and glowing hydrogen, stellar nurseries in Orion the Hunter lie at the edge of […]
A Total Eclipse at the End of the World
Would you go to the end of the world to see a total eclipse of the Sun? If […]