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The annual Orionid meteor shower, which originates from Halley's Comet, is expected light up the night sky starting this weekend. Considered by NASA as "one of the most beautiful showers of the ...
Astronomy Day: First Quarter Moon: 2024 Spring May 18 May 15 Autumn October 12 October 10 2025: Spring: May 3: May 4 Autumn September 27 September 29 Past events.
Astronomers believe the Star of Bethlehem or "Christmas Star" could have been a real event explained by something as simple as Jupiter in opposition, which happens this year on Dec. 7.
The Perseid meteor shower peaked overnight Sunday into Monday, giving astronomy fans one of the best shows of 2024 as they look to the skies. The shower started in July and will continue through ...
The first day (April 22) corresponded with Earth Day. 16 2018 16 April 17 2019 March 31- April 7 5 April 18 2020 April 19-26 22 April 19 2021 April 5-12 12 April 20 2022 April 22-30 1 April, 30 April 21 2023 April 17-23 20 April 22 2024 April 2-8 8 April A total solar eclipse took place on 8 April.
The object orbits the Sun but makes slow close approaches to the Earth–Moon system. Between 29 September (19:54 UTC) and 25 November 2024 (16:43 UTC) (a period of 1 month and 27 days) [4] it passed just outside Earth's Hill sphere (roughly 0.01 AU [1.5 million km; 0.93 million mi]) at a low relative velocity (in the range 0.002 km/s (4.5 mph) – 0.439 km/s [980 mph]) and will become ...
President Barack Obama looks through a telescope during the first White House Astronomy Night (October 7, 2009) White House Astronomy Night (and alternatively Astronomy Night on the National Mall) is an event first organized by the White House in conjunction with the Office of Science and Technology Policy to motivate interest in astronomy and science education.
In addition to the upcoming events in outer space, Saturday, May 7, marks International Astronomy Day. The bi-annual holiday was founded to raise awareness about the night sky and takes place ...