Something rare is happening in the skies in the next few days — a black moon. This rare celestial event is due to an unusual calendar alignment: two new moons in one month. The first occurred ...
Perihelion is when Earth is closest to the Sun, happening between January 2 and 4. In 2025, it will occur on January 4 at 8:28 am EST. The Northern He ...
Recent photos taken by India’s Space Research Organization moon orbiter, known as Chandrayaan 2, clearly show the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 landing sites more than 50 years later. The photos were ...
The displacement of the inner diameter of the tube with respect to its outer diameter (i.e., deviation from a common center). The permissible degree of eccentricity can be expressed by a plus and ...
The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight. The next new moon will occur on Wednesday, Jan.
Finally, the moon moves back to its new moon starting position. Because the moon’s orbit is not exactly in the same plane as Earth’s orbit around the sun, they rarely are perfectly aligned.
Said slender Moon won't hamper observations, making 2025 an ideal year for the 'Quads ... This is also only true in our current epoch, as eccentricity of the Earth's orbit, the obliquity of the poles ...
A Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites in July reached orbit, but the upper stage malfunctioned during a relight of the engine to circularize the orbit, resulting in the satellites deployed in ...
Float scores are based on creative design, floral craftsmanship, artistic merit, computerized animation, thematic interpretation, floral and color presentation, and dramatic impact. Judges ...
The January full moon will be the first full moon of 2025. The Wolf Moon kicks off the year's lunar cycle and also heralds the beginning of the Year of the Snake for those interested in the ...