by rmil2k | Jun 19, 2023 | News
[ad_1] Measuring cosmic distances is challenging, and astronomers rely on multiple methods and tools to do it – collectively referred to as the Cosmic Distance Ladder. One particularly crucial tool is Type Ia supernovae, which occur in binary systems where one star (a...
by rmil2k | Jun 18, 2023 | News
[ad_1] As climate change increases the risk of wildfires across the globe, the spate of fires that hit Canada in May and June suggest that 2023 is on course to be the country’s worst fire season to date. These fires not only pose a serious threat to human life,...
by rmil2k | Jun 18, 2023 | News
[ad_1] Last month, we called attention to a celestial assembly involving the moon, two bright stars and two bright planets adorning our western evening sky. Now, another, similar gathering will take place this week; an array that will change night to night as we...
by rmil2k | Jun 18, 2023 | News
[ad_1] The Sun sets on the summer solstice in June 2021. Credit: CoconutRyo (Flickr) Friday, June 16The Moon passes 4° north of Mercury at 5 P.M. EDT, though the pair is not visible in the evening sky. Instead, we’ll catch them tomorrow morning before the Sun rises....
by rmil2k | Jun 18, 2023 | News
[ad_1] Recently astronomers caught a strange mystery: extremely high-energy particles spitting out of the surface of the Sun when it was relatively calm. Now a team of theorists have proposed a simple solution to the mystery. We just have to look a little bit under...
