For todays astronomy update let us delve deeper into the fascinating world of Uranus. Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, is a captivating celestial body that stands out for various reasons. Discovered in 1781 by astronomer Sir William Herschel, Uranus marked a...
The Southern hemisphere Autumn Equinox for 2021 will occur at 8:37pm AEDT or 9:37am UT on Saturday March 20. Many cultures around the world celebrate the whole day as the March equinox. However, in reality, the equinox occurs at a specific moment in time when the Sun...
The Moon’s orbit around Earth is elliptical. The point of the orbit closest to Earth is called perigee, while the point farthest from Earth is known as apogee. The Moon reaches perigee, the closest point in its orbit to Earth, tonight at 10:42 pm when it will be...
The Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe died on October 24th, 1601. In 1901, on the 300th anniversary of his death, the bodies of Tycho Brahe and his wife Kirstine were exhumed in Prague. They had been embalmed and were in remarkably good condition, but the astronomer’s...
