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Aug. 2, 1133: A total eclipse is misremembered (opens the original)
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Visible in Scotland, the total solar eclipse of Aug. 2, 1133, featured nearly 4½ minutes of totality. This eclipse provides just one of many historical examples of people wrongly associating a celestial spectacle with an earthly event: In his Historia Novella, written between 1140 and 1143, English historian William of Malmesbury linked the eclipse withContinue reading "Aug. 2, 1133: A total eclipse is misremembered" The post <a href="https://www.astronomy.co
Underappreciated Serpens (opens the original)
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Serpens the Serpent is unique among the constellations because it’s separated into two parts, with Ophiuchus the Serpent-bearer between them. Serpens Caput (the head of the serpent) lies to the west of Ophiuchus, and Serpens Cauda (the tail of the serpent) lies to the east. Serpens Caput is the larger of the two, taking up roughly 67 percent of the area. Together, they comprise the 23rd-largest constellation, which takes up about 1½ percent of the sky. But size doesn’t equal brightness; of the 8
The best comets this century (opens the original)
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Comets are small, roundish bodies made of dust grains mixed with ice. Most travel along elliptical orbits that occasionally bring them close to the Sun. The main icy body of the comet is its nucleus. It’s small, generally less than 6 miles (10 kilometers) in diameter. When far from the Sun, comets appear faint because we’re seeing only sunlight reflected off the tiny, frozen nucleus. But as a comet journeys into the solar system, its radiation begins sublimating the ice, turning it into gas. Thi
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