On September 20th, beginning around 12:30 A.M. EDT, Titan, a moon of Saturn, will transit across the planet's disk, accompanied by its shadow. The transit will be visible telescopically, with Titan's ...

Shocked quartz, indicative of extreme pressure and temperature, was discovered at three prominent Clovis culture archaeological sites (Murray Springs, Blackwater Draw, Arlington Canyon). The presence ...

Saturn's observation is optimal around 1 A.M. local daylight time, when it reaches its highest point (50° south) before morning twilight. Telescopic observation of Saturn reveals its ring system ...

Data from NASA's Dawn mission, analyzed via thermal and chemical models, suggests Ceres possessed a long-lasting internal heat source driven by radioactive element decay. This heat source, reaching ...

Alexander Friedmann (1888-1925), a Russian mathematician and meteorologist, made significant contributions to cosmology. Utilizing Einstein's general relativity, Friedmann's 1922 paper, "On the ...

A close conjunction of the waning crescent Moon (approximately 26% illuminated) and Jupiter occurred around 7 A.M. EDT, observable in the eastern sky before sunrise, with the Moon positioned between ...

Astronomers use many methods to determine this number, including gravitational lensing, the universe’s expansion rate, and ...

Blue Origin's NS-35 New Shepard mission, scheduled for Thursday, will conduct a dedicated research flight carrying over 40 payloads, including 24 student experiments from NASA's TechRise Student ...

September offers various celestial events, including Saturn and Neptune's oppositions, Mars's approach to solar conjunction, and favorable viewing of Uranus and Jupiter. Multiple transits of Saturn's ...

John Dobson, born in 1915, relocated to San Francisco from Beijing in 1927. Following a period as a monk within the Ramakrishna Order (1944-1967), Dobson cultivated a passion for astronomy. He is ...

Equuleus, also known as the Foal, is a small and faint constellation located southwest of Pegasus. Unlike many constellations, Equuleus lacks bright stars, nearby stars, prominent meteor showers, or ...

Venus, currently traversing Leo, rises around 4:00 A.M. local daylight time (LDT) at 40° N 90° W, preceding sunrise at 6:36 A.M. LDT. By 5:30 A.M. LDT, Venus reaches 15° altitude in the east, with ...