After I left my ministerial post and fled Afghanistan, no-one would give me work. People are quick to judge those from my homeland but they have no idea what it’s like to live in a country where nobody can recall peace. When I was a boy growing up in Kabul in the 1960s, I nev...
WhenIsTheNextEclipse.comand author ofThe Complete Guide To The Great North American Eclipse of April 8, 2024. Are solar eclipses dangerous? Partial solar eclipses are dangerous to look at and require solar eclipse glasses. Binoculars, telescopes and cameras need to have solar filters. However, ...
Thepenumbral lunar eclipse on March 25was a very slight lunar eclipse in which the moon passed through the outermost edge of the Earth's shadow. It was visible from much of Europe, North and East Asia, North America, South America, the Arctic and Antarctica according toTimeandDate.com. The...
Now, seven years later, TSE 2024 is garnering even more excitement and ramped-up coverage. True, the fact that the eclipse affects more populated areas is a factor, but I think it’s because America painfully learned the difference between a 99.9% partial and a total solar eclipse the hard...
An early-morning eclipse will see the path of totality cover all of Nova Scotia and portions of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island just after 7:00 a.m. local timeon May 1, 2079. Totality will sweep north with the rising Sun, pushi...
Full Moon Calendar 2024 Full Moon Date Native American Name Time of Full Moon January 25 Wolf Moon 12:54 PM February 24 Snow Moon 7:30 AM March 25 Worm Moon 3:00 AM April 23 Pink Moon 7:49 PM May 23 Flower Moon 9:53 AM June 21 Strawberry Moon 9:08 PM July 21 Buck Moon 6:17...
Full Moon names have their roots in the traditions of North American Native American tribes. These tribes honored the changing seasons by assigning unique names to each one. Interestingly, these captivating names encapsulated the essence of a whole month in which they appeared. ...
DOWN —Quincy Jones passed over last weekend after a 70-year career. Simply put, they’ll never be another one like him. From Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Charles and “We Are The World” … he miraculously seemed to do it all. He was nomina...
In the 1930s the Maine Farmer’s Almanac began publishing American Indian Moon names for the months of the year. According to this almanac, as the full Moon in April, this is the Pink Moon, named after the herb moss pink, also known as creeping phlox, moss phlox, or mountain phlox. ...
Flight International’s sources indicate that Japan will make one more push in 2009, after the American elections. If that fails, it is likely to abandon efforts to secure the F-22, and move to buy other options. July 16/08: Eurofighter.BAE executives interviewed at Farnborough discuss the ...