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There’s a micromoon coming up. The full moon will look slightly smaller and dimmer on Saturday night. But the change may be tricky to spot with the naked eye. “It’s a ...
The Bay Sages heard from the Delta Astronomical Society (DAS) during its monthly meeting on Thursday. DAS Newsletter Editor ...
In an age of transformation, the intersection of technology and tradition has launched an unplugged renaissance of creativity. Focused on Australia, ...
A month ago, an ordinary cell phone camera captured this rapidly mutating auroral display a single degree south of the Arctic Circle. Decades of celestial tour expeditions make us place the Northern ...
The unspoken etiquette of the bins becomes apparent within minutes—no grabbing from someone else’s hands, no hoarding entire bins, and absolutely no judging the person who just triumphantly held up a ...
The mac and cheese is the stuff of legends. It’s creamy, gooey, and has that slight crust on top that mac and cheese dreams are made of. Don’t you dare skip the collard greens. They’re cooked low and ...
One year ago today, a total solar eclipse graced the skies of North America, as the moon fully blocked out the sun a narrow ...
Multiple spacecraft captured the moon's shadow sweeping across North America at more than 1,500 mph during the 2024 total ...
In 2024, NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick caught a glimpse at one of the most elusive atmospheric phenomena known as red sprites. These occur during particularly powerful thunderstorms and travel ...
“We hear almost everything,” my friend and NASA colleague, a program scientist for the International Space Station, told me over lunch one day. She was explaining various Mission Control ...