Earth & Space
An annular solar eclipse – often referred to as a “Ring of Fire” – that will happen on June 21, right after the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. #eclipse
Astronomers have found a fast radio burst (FRB) that repeats in a looping cycle every 157 days, and they can’t identify the source. #spacemysteries
New measurements collected by a team of astronomers constitute the most precise data yet in this intellectual quest. #univerrse
A team of scientists headed by Shivani Bhandari, an astronomer with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia’s federal agency responsible for scientific research, has made a breakthrough discovery by pinpointing the precise location of four fast radio bursts (FRBs). #signalsfromspace
We are in for a major spectacle this Friday as we’ll be treated to June’s full “Strawberry Moon” in all of its glory. #fullmooneclipse
The timing of recent flare-ups of unrest happens to coincide with a new wave of solar activity including the strongest solar flare we’ve seen in three years. #solarflare
On June 5th and 6th, the Strawberry Full Moon will also pass through the faint outer shadow of the Earth, known as a penumbral lunar eclipse. #lunareclipse #fullmoon
There’s plenty more in store for all skywatchers, starting with a partial Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on June 5 and 6 and an Annular Solar Eclipse on June 21. #solareclipse #lunareclipse
Since it launched in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has snapped more than a million images and changed the way we see the universe, literally. Here’s why the Hubble images and the technology are so unique. #hubbletelescope
Scientists analyzing data gathered by Kepler, which NASA retired in November 2018, just found a hidden gem: an Earth-size world that may be capable of supporting life as we know it. #earthlikeplanet
The full pink super moon will be peaking on April 7 and 8, depending on where in the world you find yourself. #superpinkmoon
A team of international researchers believes that they may have found a sign that life once existed on Mars. #lifeonmars
If the day never seems long enough to get everything done, be grateful at least that times have changed. According to fresh calculations, a day on Earth was a full five hours and fifteen minutes shorter a billion or so years ago, well before complex life spread around the planet. #planetearth
This extremely powerful eruption occurred in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster, which is located about 390 million light-years from Earth. Galaxy clusters are the largest structures in the Universe held together by gravity, containing thousands of individual galaxies, dark matter, and hot gas. #space
The waning crescent moon and the planet Mars will put on a show Feb. 18, appearing quite close to each other in the southeastern sky. The moon will pass in front of Mars, blocking the planet from view, but for the eastern half of the U.S., this will occur during daylight and will not be visible without a telescope. #eclipse
