by rmil2k | Nov 14, 2023 | News
Back to Article List The Leonid meteors are one of the year’s best meteor showers — and also one of the most variable. Leonid meteors streak across a star-trail-filled sky over Sapello, New Mexico. Credit: John Chumack One of the best meteor showers of the year is...
by rmil2k | Nov 13, 2023 | News
Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide. Curbing methane emissions could deliver immediate and long-lasting benefits for the climate, seeing as the gas only lingers in the atmosphere for a relatively short...
by rmil2k | Nov 13, 2023 | News
Miguel Claro is a professional photographer, author and science communicator based in Lisbon, Portugal, who creates spectacular images of the night sky. As a European Southern Observatory Photo Ambassador and member of The World At Night and the official...
by rmil2k | Nov 13, 2023 | News
The total solar eclipse of November 1966, as seen by the Gemini 12 astronauts while in space. Credit: NASA On Nov. 12, 1966, totality sliced across South America. Its progress began north of Peru’s capital, Lima, before forging a 52-mile-wide (84 kilometers)...
by rmil2k | Nov 13, 2023 | News
I have been fascinated by galaxies for most of my adult life. I find it amazing that, just as we can ascertain the lifecycle of a tree by closely studying the trees in a forest, it is possible to study a sample of galaxies and understand galactic evolution. A team of...
