This morning there was a bright (~12th magnitude) object listed on the NEO confirmation page; it is now no longer on the list, presumably because additional...

The next 3 months with the December Solstice at their centre represent that period when Northern hemisphere locations begin to slide into the darkest and...

Over the years I developed a real respect for astronomical practitioners at the level of composition which involves completing a narrative with incomplete...

https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-45978380

How to fit the Middle Eastern Judaeo-Christian festivals i with the Northern European festivals designed around astronomical milestones was always going to...

The climate conditions of each planet ,apart from size,composition and distance from the Sun is due to inclination. The greater degree in inclination the more...

On Tue, 16 Oct 2018 10:28:00 -0000 (UTC) Mike Collins wrote: Its a pity Brad Guths no longer here to read this. ...

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45838991

Are there any Twitter or other social media accounts worth following for one interested in: 1) rapid notification of new comet discoveries or outbursts of...

The Equator and indeed the entire surface of the Earth turns in two distinct ways to the Sun generating the daily 24 hour day/night cycle and separately...

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45955602

http://geomag.org/info/Declination/magnetic_declination_2010.gif The most underused observation is probably geomagnetism and specifically why it is not...

Saw this news...

The joke around here is that it only rained four times this summer‹all of June, July, August, and September. When clear weather appeared on the night of 13-14...

The very least they can do is partition the perspectives between the faster and slower moving planets where the actual loop of the faster Mercury seen from a...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01QWC-rZcfE It is quite a sight these days to see these guys try their hand at proof of the Earth's orbital motion by...

Hopefully without any distractions this time. The geocentric astronomers and even the Sun centered astronomers worked off a framework where the Sun moved...

The illusory loops (direct/retrograde motion) of the slower moving planets seen from Earth are distinguished from the actual loops (also direct/retrograde...

The Polar twilight and its presence for around 6 weeks after the Equinox at the North and South Poles is a separate issue with a separate rotational cause....

Es tut mir sehr leid aber I can nicht den text in Englisch finden...