Category: space
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Total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024
I had seen and enjoyed a dozen or so lunar eclipses before 2017, but it wasn’t until the Great American Eclipse of August 21, 2017, that I got to understand why people say that it’s impossible to appreciate exactly how amazing a total solar eclipse is until you see one yourself. Since then, I’ve been…
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Halley’s Comet
Remember Halley’s Comet? Mankind didn’t really get a good view of it when it swung by our corner of the world in the 1980s, and it’s been heading farther and farther away from us ever since. That changes tomorrow. On December 9, 2023, the comet will reach its furthest point from the sun, then turn…
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Annular eclipse of October 14, 2023
I had never seen an annular solar eclipse before, so I went with my family to Midland, Texas, to see the eclipse the October 14, 2023. Midland was very close to the center line of the eclipse path, which meant that if the clouds stayed away (and thankfully they did) we should be able to…
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