Mars’ moons are easily visible at night from the Red Planet. Larger Phobos is brighter, while smaller Deimos is still brighter than any star.
Let’s begin by reviewing some astronomical “history”: Han Solo and his rebel cohorts Leia Organa, Chewbacca, and C-3PO are nestled uncomfortably together in the Millennium Falcon’s cockpit while their ...
New Moon occurs at 7:01 A.M. EST, bringing an annular solar eclipse to Antarctica and part of the Southern Ocean. Only travelers in these regions will see the Moon cover nearly all of the Sun’s disk, ...
Through the early 1900s, astronomers disagreed on whether the universe was home to a multitude of galaxies, so-called “island universes,” or contained entirely within the boundaries of the Milky Way ...
Experience the awe of ancient history and the spectacle of a rare celestial event on this 5-day journey to Luxor, centered around the August 2 total solar eclipse. With an incredible totality of 6 ...
Jupiter reaches its best apparition in a decade for northern observers and offers a wealth of detail. Joining in late evening is brilliant Mars, now a month from opposition. Saturn is visible in the ...
The Moon passes 1.8° north of Venus at 4 A.M. EST, then passes 0.1° south of Mercury at 6 P.M. EST. Both planets are visible in the evening sky, though Venus is low, only about 12° high in the ...
Recent months have featured a few stories about how Albert Einstein’s theories, or the ideas underpinning them, have all been confirmed to a new degree of accuracy. That’s usually the case: Scientists ...
A study led by SETI Institute scientist Matija Ćuk proposes that Saturn’s bright rings and its largest moon, Titan, may have both originated in collisions among its moons. This study was accepted for ...
A wonderful celestial event known as a total lunar eclipse will occur in the skies above North America during the morning ...
Do geologists dream of a final theory? Most people would say that plate tectonics already serves as geology’s overarching idea. The discovery of plate tectonics 50 years ago was one of the great ...
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