Topline The 2025 solstice — the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest in the Southern Hemisphere — will occur at 02:42 UTC on Saturday, June 21. However, in North America, it happens the previous day. Key Facts June's solstice marks the longest day of the year and the beginning
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Topline For three successive nights, beginning Monday, June 16, the red planet Mars will be positioned next to the bright blue star Regulus, creating a rare contrast in colors in the night sky. Key Facts At their closest point, the two celestial bodies will appear to be just 0.7 degrees apart. That's about the same
Did you see the full “Wolf Moon” eat Mars ? The first full moon of 2025 rose on Monday, Jan. 13 and, for observers in North America, blocked the planet Mars for around an hour between 8:44 p.m. EST and 00:52 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 14. Remarkably, the rare event—called an occultation by astronomers—occurred
It’s been a few months since the so-called “ green comet ” and a few years since Comet NEOWISE , but it now seems that the newly found Comet Nishimura could be visible to the naked eye at night during Sept. 2023. Officially called C/2023 P1 (Nishimura), the comet was discovered very close to the
In almost exactly three years there be will a dramatic total solar eclipse across North America. On Monday, April 8, 2024, those in Mazatlán, Mexico will experience totality —when the Moon blocks the Sun—for a whopping 4 minutes 26 seconds. A moonshadow will then move across the continent enveloping in darkness those in Dallas, Indianapolis,…