November boasts the Leonid meteor shower. This shower is the result of Earth’s annual passage through the dust trails left by Comet Tempel-Tuttle, which returns to the inner solar system every 33 years. [Read more…]
October 2015 Skywatch: Video Guide October's night sky will feature a total lunar eclipse
An interesting meteor shower peaks on the night of October 21st to the 22nd. Every few minutes you may spy a tiny remnant of Halley’s Comet burning up high in the atmosphere. This is the Orionid meteor shower. [Read more…]
September 2015 Skywatch: Video Guide September nights feature two neighboring constellations bearing ancient references to water
On September 27th in the Americas (September 28th in Europe, Africa, and western Asia) the Moon will pass through Earth’s shadow, creating a lunar eclipse.
The Moon will appear to darken during the eclipse. [Read more…]
August 2015 Skywatch: Video Guide Stargazing on a hot August night reveals a multitude of wonders
The Perseid meteor shower is an always-anticipated feature of the August night sky. These streaks of light are tiny bits of a comet burning up as they enter Earth’s atmosphere. The cometary debris trail, which Earth passes through once a year, was left behind by Comet Swift-Tuttle during its many visits to the inner solar system. [Read more…]
July 2015 Skywatch: Video Guide July brings many nebulae and star clusters into view for stargazers
Want to know what night sky objects to look for through your telescope in July? This video guide highlights the events you’ll want to see [Read more…]
June 2015 Skywatch: Video Guide Night Sky events to see in June
Want to know what night sky objects to look for through your telescope in June? This video guide highlights the events you’ll want to see [Read more…]
May 2015 Skywatch: Video Guide Night Sky events to see in May
Want to know what night sky objects you can view through your telescope in May? This video guide will highlight the events you’ll want to see [Read more…]
April 2015 Skywatching Video Night Sky events to see this month
Want to know what night sky objects you can view through your telescope in April? This video guide will highlight the events you’ll want to see [Read more…]
“Man vs The Universe” — A Science Channel Miniseries
Man Vs. The Universe is an epic three-part miniseries from Science Channel and Revelations Entertainment, the producers of the critically acclaimed, Emmy-Award nominated series Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman that unveils an unprecedented era of space exploration happening right now. [Read more…]
Sci-Fi to Sci-Fact: The NASA-Star Trek Mind Meld
NASA and Star Trek have mind-melded and the end result of that magnificent decision will come to light in about one hundred years from now with the announcement from the space agency that it will be building its first deep space, long range human inhabited spaceship. And, you are going to love the name it will be christened with. [Read more…]
Ringed Asteroid Discovered
Astronomers from several South American observatories announced today the discovery of a completely unexpected find. [Read more…]
COSMOS Sequel Gets 181-Country Simultaneous Broadcast
Fox’s “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey,” a 13-part documentary, will debut on all 10 of the company’s network stations at the same time and on 220 different channels in 181 separate countries simultaneously. [Read more…]
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