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International Dark Sky Week is a global celebration that is dedicated to appreciate the night sky and raises awareness of the ...
The variation of a full moon – known as a micromoon – will look slightly smaller and dimmer on Saturday night. But the change may be tricky to spot with the naked eye. A micromoon occurs when ...
It is not as strong as the sun, but fitted with a powerful 3,333-watt light source—the equivalent of a typical flood lamp in a stadium—it is enough to turn night into day instantaneously.
On Fridays this month, the UW-Milwaukee planetarium's "Stars in the Tropics" takes stargazers to cities near the equator for a different perspective on the night sky. While we’re certainly not ...
Sirius, in the constellation Canis Major, is the brightest star in the sky. It’s twice as massive as the Sun. Alpha Centauri is a triple star system, the third brightest and closest star system ...
A RUSSIAN company has revealed a plot to turn the sky into the world's biggest advertisement ... laser-light billboards when they look up at night. The satellite is a prototype, but Avant is ...
With the Moon below the horizon until 3:00 GMT during peak activity, conditions are ideal for witnessing these shooting stars against a dark sky. The Aquariids also make their appearance starting ...
In 2025, the moon will pass very close to the Pleiades on every orbit, giving astrophotographers plenty of practice getting a shot of the two objects together in the night sky. Tonight is one of the ...
Smoke rises from the smoldering remains of a fire at Yoder Grain on Friday, Marchy 28, 2025 The fire started around 11:30 p.m. Thursday night. Several fire crews responded to the scene.
0:36 Glowing spiral floats through U.K. night sky People across Europe witnessed a mysterious glowing blue spiral in the night sky this week, and scientists say they think they know what caused ...
I’m sure you’ve noticed that Venus and Mercury are no longer in the evening western sky. Venus passed directly ... Don’t miss a single Starry Starry Night and I’ll tell you all about ...
The Harquail Theatre grounds were alive with music, food and culture with about 2,000 people enjoying the annual Red Sky at Night held on Saturday, 22 March. The event was the culmination of the ...