The Geminids are considered to be one of the best and most reliable annual meteor showers and are set to peak on December 15 in Australia and New Zealand. This meteor shower is visible from December 3rd to December 19th are considered to be one of the most...
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...
No telescope necessary Check out these amazing astronomical view this October. Tonight is the full Moon and if we in the Northern Hemisphere it would be the first of 2 this month making their Halloween Moon a ‘blue’ Moon. This being the term for when there are 2 full...
A solar flare erupts on January 22, 2012. On the morning of September 1, 1859, Richard Carrington an English amateur astronomer was in his observatory on his country estate outside of London. After opening his Observatory dome to reveal a clear blue sky, he pointed...
Jupiter has at least 79 natural satellites, or moons — many are small objects that have been trapped by the massive planet’s gravity. The four largest moons were first observed by Galileo Galilei in 1609 using a very modest telescope. By observing the moons...
