This year, the Winter Solstice occurs at 21:40 (UTC) on December 21st, when the Sun will be directly overhead the Tropic of Capricorn at latitude 23.440S. This solstice marks the start of winter in the […]
The recently launched James Webb space telescope has been a major success for the astronomical community in its few months of operation. During this time, it has looked at exoplanets, faraway galaxies, nebulas of various […]
A total Lunar Eclipse or “Blood Moon” will occur on November 8th. The eclipse will be visible in most of the Pacific Ocean region, eastern Russia, Japan, Australia, and throughout most of western and central […]
Wormholes are a sci-fi trope that everybody has heard of, a swirly (often blue-colored) tube that lets the protagonist jump between large distances or to other worlds. Of course, wormholes of this type are pure […]
Planetary viewing remains poor in the Northern Hemisphere, particularly for observers located at or above latitude 450N. Moreover, most of the planets will remain within about 20 or so degrees above the horizon for observers […]
This year, the September Equinox occurs at 00:55 UTC on September 23rd. On this date, the amounts of light and darkness will be almost equal across the world, which marks the autumnal equinox in the […]
Life on Earth is plentiful and nearly all-encompassing to the point where it is hard to truly imagine what a ‘lifeless’ area would look like. Nevertheless, we have only to look away from the Earth […]
In August, planetary viewing remains poor for observers situated north of latitude 500N. Observers between latitude 250N and latitude 500N, on the other hand, might be able to spot some of the inner planets at […]
Sky watchers can look forward to observing a Super Moon in July, as well as the annual Delta Aquarids meteor shower, noted for their persistent ionized gas trails. This month, planetary viewing remains difficult for […]
Black holes have been an object of fascination ever since Einstein predicted them in 1916 using his then newly developed theory of general relativity. We have come a long way since then. Kip Thorne calculated […]
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