by rmil2k | Apr 9, 2024 | News
During a solar eclipse the Earth is plunged into darkness and the Sun’s ghostly atmosphere becomes visible. Scientists travel the globe to experience total solar eclipses, which occur for just a few minutes at a time every 18 months or so. But what exactly causes...
by rmil2k | Apr 8, 2024 | News
It’s the moment eclipse-chasers have been waiting for. This year’s first solar eclipse has begun! The total solar eclipse first made landfall in North America at Mazatlán in Sinaloa, Mexico, with the moon beginning to take its first “bite” out...
by rmil2k | Apr 8, 2024 | News
Back to Article List From the October 2000 issue Malcolm Smith, Hertfordshire, England October 2000 Believe it or not, it actually is just a coincidence — and a happy one at that. The Moon and Sun have virtually the same angular size in our sky because the Sun is...
by rmil2k | Apr 8, 2024 | News
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), was formally proposed in 2001 to create an astronomical facility that could conduct deep-sky surveys using the latest technology. This includes a wide-field reflecting telescope with...
by rmil2k | Apr 8, 2024 | News
Science & Exploration 05/04/2024 2780 views 15 likes In brief For the first time, potential signs of the rainbow-like ‘glory effect’ have been detected on a planet outside our Solar System. Glory are colourful concentric rings of light that occur only under...
