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At this point, the longest measured duration in which the Moon completely covered the Sun, known as totality, was during the solar eclipse of July 22, 2009. This total solar eclipse had a maximum duration of 6 minutes and 38.86 seconds. The longest possible duration of a total solar eclipse is 7 minutes and 32 seconds.
The Solar Cycle 25 Prediction Panel predicted in December 2019 [11] that solar cycle 25 will be similar to solar cycle 24, with the preceding solar cycle minimum in April 2020 (± 6 months), and the number of sunspots reaching a (smoothed) maximum of 115 in July 2025 (± 8 months).
Estimated time for Comet Hyakutake to return to the inner Solar System, after having travelled in its orbit out to its aphelion 3410 A.U. from the Sun and back. [159] 93,830 AD Sirius becomes once again the South Star, but at 2.3° of the south celestial pole. [158] March 27 and 28, 224,508 AD Respectively, Venus and then Mercury will transit ...
Region 3500 on our Sun just fired a near X-class flare and launched a strong Earth-directed #solarstorm. Waiting for coronagraph imagery, but it looks like this storm could arrive by December 1.
A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Saturday, March 29, 2025, [1] with a magnitude of 0.9376. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the ...
In 2022, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved the Sunshine Protection Act that would make daylight saving time permanent, however the U.S. House of Representatives did not pass it and former ...
The Sun reaches the top of the red-giant branch of the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram, achieving its maximum radius of 256 times the present-day value. [124] In the process, Mercury, Venus and Earth are likely destroyed. [120] 8 billion The Sun becomes a carbon–oxygen white dwarf with about 54.05% of its present mass.
Image source: Getty Images. 1. Social Security benefits will get a boost, but it won't be nearly the largest on record. Each year, Social Security benefits are eligible for an automatic cost-of ...