December is one of the most exciting months for sky-gazers. That’s because the Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak activity around the middle of the month. It’s probably the best meteor shower of the year, producing up to 150 meteors …
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A total lunar eclipse will take place in November, and it will be the last one until March 2025. The November 8 total lunar eclipse will be the fourth and final eclipse of 2022. Here’s everything you need to know …
Discovering a pattern 1st January 1925 was the day when we discovered the Universe. It was when Edwin Hubble’s work showed that the Milky Way is not the only galaxy in the cosmos. This discovery set the stage for the …
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Now is the best time to see Saturn. The “Lord of the Rings” will reach its opposition, marking the perfect opportunity to spot the planet with naked eyes and photograph its magnificent rings. Here’s everything you need to know about …
77 years ago, humankind witnessed the power of the nucleus of an atom. August 6, 1945, was the day when the first atomic bomb was detonated over Hiroshima, Japan. Seventeen Nobel laureates were involved in manufacturing the bomb in a …
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The planetary alignment of June 2022 If you missed the planet parade of April 2022, you’ve got another golden opportunity to witness the grand planetary alignment that will take place in late June. All the seven planets will almost seem …
If you wake up early and look in the southeast pre-dawn sky, you’ll see a spectacular alignment of planets. Starting from the horizon, they’ll be Jupiter, Neptune, Venus, Mars, and Saturn. All of them will be easily visible to unaided …
Five planets — Jupiter, Neptune, Venus, Mars, and Saturn — have aligned with comet 22P/Kopff and asteroid Vesta in a rare celestial event. Since mid-March, Jupiter has emerged from behind the Sun. Saturn has gained altitude after close conjunction with …
April 2022 is a month of the celestial parade as five planets will align with an asteroid, a comet, and the Moon as seen from the Earth. But as the planets arrange themselves in a near straight-line configuration, they’ll end …
Celestial Parade 2022: The coming two months are going to be exciting for astronomy enthusiasts. Five planets — Jupiter, Neptune, Venus, Mars, and Saturn — will align in the dawn sky of April with a comet and an asteroid. However, …
2021 was a great year for astronomy enthusiasts. We witnessed four supermoons, the century’s longest partial lunar eclipse, an unexpected comet visible with naked eyes, and the triple conjunction of Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn. And to top it all, the …
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An overview of what’s happening On January 3, 2021, a 19th magnitude speck was discovered by G Senior research specialist Greg Leonard at Mt. Lemmon Observatory found a faint speck. The 19th magnitude speck was an incoming comet, now called Comet C/2021 …
This has got to be the busiest week for astronomy enthusiasts. Besides the ‘alignment’ of five planets, two asteroids, and one comet this week, the best meteor shower of the year will reach its peak activity. Here’s everything you need …
“Look in the southwest direction soon after sunset. You’ll see Jupiter and Saturn become a ‘double star’ as the two planets make their closest approach to each other in more than 500 years.” Remember the excitement during this time last …
Astronomically speaking, 2021 was a great year so far. We had four supermoons, the century’s longest partial lunar eclipse, planet parade in August, and the triple conjunction of Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn in January. But the year is all set …
