Dear Friends – I’ll start with the fun news: First, there will be a total lunar eclipse visible over the US (including Hawaii, as well as most of the rest of the Pacific) this coming Monday night, March 2, with the action happening in the early morning of March 3. This means you’ll probably have […]
Dear Friends – This year’s Geminid meteor shower will peak this weekend on the nights of Dec. 13 and 14, and it should be a good one. If you have clear skies, bundle up and go out and watch! For more details on this specific shower, see this Sky & Telescope article For general questions […]
This post was published on Medium. Many people across the U.S. (and elsewhere) have had a great opportunity to see the aurora over the past two nights. If you’ve missed it — or want to see it again — there’s a good chance for tonight (Thursday, Nov. 13) as well. And there will likely be […]
Dear Friends, As a brief follow-up to my email of a month ago (repeated below with a few small updates), I strongly encourage all of you to submit a public comment on the EPA proposal to rescind the 2009 “endangerment” finding, which states that global warming poses a threat to “the public health and welfare […]
Dear Friends: First, for those in Southern California, I’ll be speaking on global warming for the Orange County Astronomers at Chapman University on the evening of Friday, Sept. 12. The talk is open to the public — details here. Which brings me to the topic of today’s post… You’ve probably heard that the Trump Administration […]
This post was published on Medium. A total solar eclipse is among the most awe-inspiring events in nature, but relatively few people have had the opportunity to experience one. This Q&A guide will help YOU find an opportunity to see an upcoming total solar eclipse. For further information, be sure to download the FREE app […]
Dear Friends: Thursday night (March 13/14) is an opportunity to see the first total lunar eclipse since 2022. Clouds permitting, it will be visible throughout North and South America, as well as much of Oceania and parts of western Europe and Africa. Here’s a brief summary of the key times to watch by time zone […]
Dear Friends – Happy new year! With apologies for the redundancy, I’m again sending you my eclipse Q&A, since we are now barely 3 months way from the April 8 total solar eclipse. If you can get to the path of totality, you should definitely try to do so; and if not, you can enjoy […]
Dear Friends: A really cool astronomical event is coming up on Wednesday night (Dec. 7): Mars will disappear behind the Moon. This event, called an “occultation,” is essentially the same as an eclipse, in which one object passes in front of another as seen from Earth. In this case, because Mars moves very slowly relative […]
Dear Friends: With apologies for another email so soon after the last, I couldn’t help but be inspired by this morning’s successful launch of Artemis 1. I have therefore posted a short piece about it on Medium (titled “Artemis 1 Launch and Return to the Moon: Why Does it Matter?), which you can read with […]
