Tag: astronomy
Perseids meteor shower at its peak Sunday night
One of the most spectacular meteor showers peaks Sunday night: between 50-100 shooting stars per hour under optimal viewing conditions.
Northern lights visible farther south in the U.S.
The aurora borealis sky show was visible further south in the U.S. than usual in early June. Keep watching those solar activity forecasts.
Total lunar eclipse, Nov. 8, 2022
A total lunar eclipse put a blood moon in the US skies Tuesday morning, just before people headed to the polls to vote in the US mid-term elections.
A long partial lunar eclipse occurred this morning
Friday morning's partial lunar eclipse was one of the longest partial lunar eclipses ever and the longest in several hundred years.
Great conjunction; it’s not usually this good
Viewers in the Northern Hemisphere could see Jupiter and Saturn really close to each other this week.
NSF decommissions a huge radio telescope
The large, iconic Arecibo scope can't be fixed safely. A big set of ears on the cosmos now hears only silence.
Exploring the constellation Pegasus
In October, before we start seeing the bright constellations of winter at a decent hour, the winged horse flies across the sky.
Most detailed images ever of the sun
A new telescope at the National Solar Observatory snapped the most detailed pictures of the sun's surface we have ever seen.
Mercury makes a transit; next in 2032
A transit of Mercury occurred today and was visible from the US, provided you had sunny skies. It was one of longest possible transits.
Saturn has the most moons. Wanna name them?
20 new moons were discovered around Saturn, now the planet with the most moons. Contest to name the new ones.