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The Meteor Shower That Killed 10,000 People [19:18]
9+ hour, 15+ min ago (170+ words) The year was 1490. The location, Qingyang, China. It was a spring evening in this central Chinese city when something strange began to occur in the sky above. For one, there was a recently discovered comet that was coming into view:…...
How to view planet parade. Best time to watch planetary alignment 2026
10+ hour, 37+ min ago (348+ words) This weekend provides a rare treat for stargazers. Well, planets, to be more specific. Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter will will appear to line up on the horizon shortly after sunset on Saturday, Feb. 28. Four of the six…...
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Lunar Occultation of Mercury
13+ hour, 15+ min ago (253+ words) Explanation: Fans of the western sky after sunset have lately enjoyed this month's remarkable array of bright planets. Witnessed from some locations, on February 18 planet Mercury even appeared to slide behind the Moon, an event known as a lunar occultation....
Astronomy Picture of the Day - The Egg Nebula from the Hubble Telescope
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (293+ words) Explanation: Ever wonder what it would look like to crack open the Sun? The Egg Nebula, a dying Sun-like star, can unscramble this question. Pictured is a combination of several visible and infrared images of the nebula (also known as…...
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Pleiades: The Seven Sisters Star Cluster
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (306+ words) Explanation: Have you ever seen the Pleiades star cluster? Even if you have, you probably have never seen it as large and clear as this. Perhaps the most famous star cluster on the sky, the bright stars of the Pleiades…...
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Shadow of a Martian Robot
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (239+ words) Explanation: What if you saw your shadow on Mars and it wasn't human? Then you might be the Opportunity rover exploring Mars. Opportunity explored the Red Planet from 2004 to 2018, finding evidence of ancient water, and sending breathtaking images across the…...
See Uranus like NEVER before! Scientists capture incredible 3D view of the planet – revealing details in the upper atmosphere for the first time
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (167+ words) A new 3D map of Uranus is shedding light on one of the solar system's most mysterious planets. Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, scientists observed the ice giant for nearly a full rotation, revealing the inner workings of its upper…...
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Twilight with Moon and Planets
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (256+ words) Explanation: Only two days after the February New Moon's annular eclipse of the Sun, a slender lunar crescent poses above the western horizon after sunset in this wintry twilight skyscape. Its nightside faintly illuminated by earthshine, the young Moon is…...
BREAKING: Artemis II Likely To Roll Back to VAB, Slips to April Launch [13:42]
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (121+ words) [snip] I just had to pull my video that I made last night about the leaks being solved. No more hydrogen leaks with Artemis and the launch being no earlier than March 6th. I literally just woke up and the information…...
Sir Isaac Newton's End Of The World Prediction Is More Complicated Than We Thought
1+ week, 1+ day ago (417+ words) Original article at Sciencing When it came to physics, Newton was a genius, a revolutionary genius. " But I'm less confident about any predictions he made outside of his area of expertise. Sort of like a master plumber telling me what…...