While the Orionid Meteor Shower continues tonight, I wanted to take some time to explain and breakdown a few things baout meteor showers that will hopefully add some context to what you may see while you look up in the night sky. A meteor shower is when the earth passes through a bunch of left over debris in outer space… Read more →
If you are looking to catch a glimpse at a few passing meteor streaks, try to find the constellation Orion in the night sky, then look up. What you’ll see Head out after midnight, or get up a few hours before the sunrises. You will see about 10 to 20 streaks per hour. These streak do tend to be a… Read more →
The other day, I was considering changing back to “Standard Time” in a few weeks and I started thinking about all of the abstract ways humans think about Time. Not to get too into the weeds here, but the time we keep, at least as a human construct, is really weird. Time is wasting, time is walking Hootie and the… Read more →
I have posted about astronomical “buzz cuts” before, but this one takes it to a new level. Asteroid 2020 SW is about to get really, really close to Earth. According to NASA, an asteroid will pass between the Earth and the Moon during the next 24 hours. The large piece of Space Rock is about 5-to-10 meters in length, about… Read more →
Interactive Europa graphic provided by NASA We may all be focused on finding liquid water on Mars, but some planetary scientists are looking for liquid water in some very – VERY! – remote places. A new study by Noah Hammond, a professor at Wheaton College, proposed that liquid water may be found near the surface of one of the moons… Read more →
