Category: Celestial Events

NASA/GSFC/Reto Stöckli, Nazmi El Saleous, and Marit Jentoft-Nilsen, Public domain, Earth_from_Space via Wikimedia Commons

Has Earth’s inner core stopped its strange spin?

2/25/2023 - By nature.com Earthquake data hint that the inner core stopped rotating faster than the rest of the planet in 2009, but not all researchers agree. [caption id="attachment_44819" align="alignnone" width="512"] Earth inner core via Wikimedia Commons[/caption] Thousands of kilometers beneath your feet, Earth’s interior might be doing something very weird. Many… SEE MORE

PEAK99, CC BY 3.0 , Photo_of_the_moon_in_Bangkok_taken_on_February_14,_2019_by_Peck_Hora_(11) via Wikimedia Commons

Indigenous People Called this Full Moon the “Snow” or “Storm” Moon

2/5/2023 - By solarsystem.nasa.gov The phases of the Moon for February 2023. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The next full Moon will be on Sunday afternoon, February 5, 2023, appearing opposite the Sun in Earth-based longitude at 1:29 PM EST. This will be on Monday morning in the time zones from Nepal Standard Time eastward… SEE MORE

Morn, CC0, Comet_Halley_from_London_on_1066-05-06 via Wikimedia Commons

Comet 2022 E3 ZTF closest to Earth February 1 and 2

2/1/2023 - By earthsky.org The great comet hunter Don Machholz originally wrote this article for EarthSky in March 2022. Sadly, Don unexpectedly passed away in August 2022. A great loss to his family and the world! Read and comment on Don’s tribute page here. Recent updates on this article are by Eddie… SEE MORE

DLR German Aerospace Center, CC BY 2.0 , 512px-Earth_from_space_7628218100 via Wikimedia Commons

4 facts you might not know about ozone and the Montreal Protocol

1/27/2023 - By www.noaa.gov January 10, 2023—The Montreal Protocol was adopted 35 years ago and remains a landmark environmental agreement, saving millions of people from cancer and contributing significantly to the protection of Earth’s climate system. Formally known as the “Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer,” this important U.N.… SEE MORE

Old Man on Moon, Georges Méliès, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Science Explains Why We See an Old Man in the Moon

1/16/2023 - By brown.edu New research shows how the impact that created the Moon’s South Pole–Aitken basin is linked to the stark contrast in composition and appearance between the two sides of the Moon. [caption id="attachment_44460" align="alignnone" width="541"] Moon, NASA, Apollo 16, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons[/caption] PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] —… SEE MORE

"Green" Comet. Photo by John Vermette, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

When and How To See The New “Green” Comet

1/16/2023 - By Farmers Almanac. Newly-discovered Comet ZTF is coming the closest to the Earth in 50,000 years, becoming visible to the naked eye, and making big headlines. Some are calling it a “super rare” and “bright green” comet, but will it live up to the hype? We explain. Comet ZTF Facts… SEE MORE

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, CC BY 2.0 , NASALAUNCH via Wikimedia Commons

NASA Launches International Mission to Survey Earth’s Water

12/23/2022 - By nasa.gov A satellite built for NASA and the French space agency Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES) to observe nearly all the water on our planet’s surface lifted off on its way to low-Earth orbit at 3:46 a.m. PST on Friday. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft also… SEE MORE

Geminid Meteor Asim Patel, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Watch the Great Geminid Meteor Shower on Dec. 13-14

12/5/2022 - By farmersalmanac.com Bundle up and head outside to watch the December Geminids, considered the best of the annual meteor displays. Learn more about this active meteor shower coming to a backyard sky near you! If you enjoy seeing “shooting stars,” then get ready! A pre-Christmas celestial fireworks display known as… SEE MORE

Total Lunar Eclipse visualization from NASA's Ernie Wright. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5032

Viewing the Lunar Eclipse in the Early Hours on Tuesday, Nov. 8

11/7/2022 - By Nasa What’s special about November’s lunar eclipse? The last total lunar eclipse for three years will occur on November 8, 2022, with the next occurring on March 14, 2025 — though we will continue to see partial and penumbral lunar eclipses during that time. A lunar eclipse occurs when… SEE MORE

Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Celebrate Tonight’s Harvest Moon

9/9/2022 - By Brian Lada, Accuweather Meterorologist and Staff Writer. TONIGHT: Harvest Moon to rise between Jupiter, Saturn One of the most popular full moons of the entire year will kick off the second to last weekend of astronomical summer and will be the centerpiece of a must-see celestial alignment. Summer's final… SEE MORE

Category: Celestial Events

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