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Month: December 2018

Lunar Eclipse 2019-01-21
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The Night Sky This Month: January 2019

December 30, 2018 Peter Christoforou 0

The map above shows the areas of the Earth’s surface from which a total eclipse of the Moon by Earth’s umbra, or dark shadow, on the night of the 21st of January can be observed. […]

Voyager 2 Leaves Solar System
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Voyager 2 Becomes Second Human-made Object to Leave Solar System

December 13, 2018 Peter Christoforou 0

The artist’s impression above shows the approximate current positions of both Voyager spacecraft relative to the Sun and other surviving spacecraft. Note that while Voyager 1 left the solar system in 2012 above the orbital […]

Artist’s impression of the surface of a super-Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star
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Barnard’s Star Hosts a Frozen Super-Earth

December 7, 2018 Peter Christoforou 0

The image above shows an artists’ impression of what the surface of the super-Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star might look like. However, given that the planet receives only about 2% of the light Earth receives from […]

Comet 46P/Wirtanen
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The Night Sky This Month: December 2018

December 4, 2018 Peter Christoforou 0

From about the 13th of the month, comet hunters should be able to follow Comet 46P/Wirtanen without optical aid given clear skies and good seeing conditions. Late in the evening of the 15th, the comet […]

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