Tony Rice
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Happy equinox and equilux (opens the original)
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(Astronomical) fall officially arrives at 8:05 p.m. Tuesday with the September equinox will occur as the Sun is directly over the equator. Nearly an hour after sunset here, that sub-solar point along the equator will be on the other side of the Earth in the Pacific Ocean at a point along the equator north of Tonga and Fiji. The word “equinox” comes from Latin for “equal night.” But if you check actual sunrise and sunset times, you will find that the day is longer than 12 hours pretty much everyw
Look up Monday for the crescent Moon and brilliant Venus (opens the original)
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Look to the western horizon Monday shortly after sunset for the slender crescent moon pointing the way to brilliant Venus. The two objects will appear relatively close together in the sky, although they are actually separated by millions of miles in space. The moon is about 240,000 miles from Earth, while Venus is tens of millions of miles away. The two objects will appear relatively close together in the sky, although they are actually separated by millions of miles in space. The moon is about
NASA wants your cloud photos (opens the original)
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NASA is asking people to look up at the sky this fall and help scientists determine how accurately a satellite can measure clouds from space. The PACE Clouds Challenge will run from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, with participants using the GLOBE Observer app to photograph clouds as NASA’s PACE satellite passes over their location. Scientists will compare those ground-based observations with measurements collected by the satellite, with particular interest in cloud edges and total cloud cover. The Pl
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope is about to change how we see the universe (opens the original)
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NASA is preparing to open a new set of eyes on the universe, designed to see not just individual stars and galaxies but the cosmic landscape. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will survey enormous areas of sky, repeatedly observing them to study how the universe has evolved and to search for answers to some of astronomy’s biggest questions. Roman is designed to investigate dark energy and dark matter, map the growth of galaxies and other cosmic structures, and conduct an unprecedented census
Look up for a partial lunar eclipse tonight (opens the original)
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The Moon passes through Earth’s shadow late Thursday night into early Friday morning, with the best part of the show coming shortly after midnight. Ask the Meteorologist: What to know about Thursday night's partial lunar eclipse The Aug. 27-28 event will be a deep partial lunar eclipse -- 96% of the Moon’s disk will be inside Earth’s umbra, the darkest part of the shadow. While not quite a total lunar eclipse, it's still worth stepping outside to see. NASA said the partial phase begins at 10:34
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