3+ hour, 11+ min ago   (641+ words) Alison earned her bachelor’s degree in physics and master’s degree in earth, atmospheric, and planetary science from MIT. During this time, she completed several years of research in the field of planetary science, working on research topics that ranged from…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (707+ words) Alison earned her bachelor’s degree in physics and master’s degree in earth, atmospheric, and planetary science from MIT. During this time, she completed several years of research in the field of planetary science, working on research topics that ranged from…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (191+ words) Today, we can time travel back to 1969 as the exact same lunar phase appears in the July 20 sky. Other features of the lunar orbit (e.g., node crossing, perigee) don’t quite line up, meaning that eclipses won’t always repeat on a Metonic…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (153+ words) July 19: An oval-shaped nebula Related: One small step: A look at how Apollo 11 made history Rising shortly after noon, the Moon hangs in the post-sunset sky for hours, remaining visible until nearly midnight. Our satellite is moving through Virgo and…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (215+ words) Astronomy Magazine July 19, 418 C.E., marks the first total solar eclipse (of which we have a record) during which a comet was seen. Turkish-born Church historian Philostorgius wrote in Book XII of the Epitome Historiae Ecclesiasticae: “When Theodosius had reached adolescence, on…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (163+ words) November 25: Revisit Lacus Mortis Jupiter passes 7° south of Pollux at 2 A.M. EST. By 9 P.M. local time this evening, the giant planet stands about 10° above the eastern horizon, visible to the lower right of Gemini’s twin stars, Castor and…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (353+ words) Alison earned her bachelor’s degree in physics and master’s degree in earth, atmospheric, and planetary science from MIT. During this time, she completed several years of research in the field of planetary science, working on research topics that ranged from…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (111+ words) Gianni Tumino, taken from Aci Trezza, Sicily, Italy Since antiquity, the land of the Cyclops in Homer’s Odyssey has been linked to the real-world location of Sicily, near Mount Etna. Local legend has it that the small Cyclopean Isles, located…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (204+ words) Alison earned her bachelor’s degree in physics and master’s degree in earth, atmospheric, and planetary science from MIT. During this time, she completed several years of research in the field of planetary science, working on research topics that ranged from…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (748+ words) Friday, July 17The Moon passes 2° south of Venus at 1 P.M. EDT. They are some 6° apart in the evening sky, sinking together in the west nearly side by side. You have plenty of time to observe, as they don’t set until…...