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While almost everyone has seen a shooting star, not everyone knows much about them. What are they? Where do they come from? Are they purely random or can you predict when they might appear? What are the best meteor showers this year...
If you've never observed a solar eclipse, you may have a lot of expectations that differ from reality. Let’s go over some of those differences so you don’t find yourself disappointed when the eclipse occurs...
We’ve all seen them - an apparently random streak of light across the night sky that often vanishes as suddenly as it appears. Meteors, or shooting stars as they’re popularly known, are nothing more than tiny clumps of dust and rock particles, no lar...
Almost everyone has seen a shooting star at some point. Technically known as meteors, these streaks of light often appear suddenly and without warning before fading and disappearing just as quickly. What are they? Where do they come from? And which meteor...
Shooting stars, or meteors, to give them their scientific name, have remained a source of wonder and speculation for thousands of years. They can appear randomly and without warning on almost any given night, but there are times when there seem to be...
We’ve all seen them - an apparently random streak of light across the night sky that often vanishes as suddenly as it appears. Meteors, or shooting stars as they’re popularly known, are nothing more than tiny clumps of dust and rock particles, no lar...
We’ve all seen them - an apparently random streak of light across the night sky that often vanishes as suddenly as it appears. Meteors, or shooting stars as they’re popularly known, are nothing more than tiny clumps of dust and rock particles, no lar...
Every year brings its own celestial highlights and 2020 promises to provide us with some outstanding sights. From close encounters with Venus, a particularly favorable opposition of Mars, penumbral lunar eclipses and a rare conjunction of Jupiter and...
What will you see in the sky in 2023? Learn where the planets will be in 2023 and when solar eclipses, meteor showers & eclipses of the Moon will take place. The High Point 2023 Astronomical Calendar is your guide to the night sky for every month of...
What will you see in the sky in 2024? Learn where the planets will be in 2024 and when solar eclipses, meteor showers & eclipses of the Moon will take place. The High Point 2024 Astronomical Calendar is your guide to the night sky for every month of...
While not a great year for the major meteor showers, 2021 promises its fair share of lunar and planetary encounters. Whether you’re a morning or evening observer, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to see Mercury and Venus, Mars will pass by the Ple...
2022 began with Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn huddled together in the evening twilight, and even Mercury made a brief appearance with Venus and Mars in the predawn sky in the last days of February. In May we had the first of two total lunar eclipses in...
You could argue that the Perseids are the ideal meteor shower - they’re reliable, they can potentially produce over 100 shooting stars an hour, and the shower reaches its maximum during the warm summer nights of mid-August. This year’s shower promises to...
Look up at the sky on any clear, dark night and you’ll find yourself staring at hundreds of stars. It’s impossible to tell, but these stars are actually slowly moving through space. Of course, you’d have to wait a long time to notice any change, but v...
Tune in with our team member, Kyle, as we share with you live views of the annual Perseid Meteor Shower...