What would a future visitor to Mars see during a night's stargazing? What do the stars look like on Mars? What does the Sun look like? How far is Mars from the Sun? Would Mars even be a good place to do amateur astronomy? At first glance the answer to this last question would be...
Since meteoroids that create a meteor shower all move on a parallel path, and at the same velocity, they seem to originate from a single point in the sky to observers on Earth. This point is known as theradiant. By convention, meteor showers, especially the regular ones are named after ...
The night sky tonight and on any clear night offers an ever-changing display of fascinating objects you can see, from stars and constellations to bright planets, the moon, and sometimes special events like meteor showers. Observing the night sky can be done with no special equipment, although ...
All of the meteors in a meteor shower come from the same direction in space. From the ground, they appear to radiate from single location in the sky, called the radiant. It's like driving your car through a tunnel: some parts of the tunnel pass on your left, or right, over head or...
A NASA illustration of a "dark matter star." (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Have you ever looked up at the night sky and wondered what you're not seeing? The skies may be full of invisible "boson stars" that are made of an exotic form of matter that does not shine....
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aLast night’s meteor(流星) shower left many people in the community dissatisfied and demanding answers.According to Gabe Rothsclild, Emerald Valley’s mayor,people gathered in the suburbs of the city, carrying heavy telescopes,expecting to watch the brightly burning meteors passing through the sk...
Look up, astronomy fans: The Lyrid meteor shower is set to peak overnight Sunday into Monday, according to NASA. The moon will be in its waxing gibbous stage as the full moon nears, which will make it difficult to see meteors. Even in ideal conditions away from city lights, only a few...
What does a pallasite meteorite look like? The Pallasite class of meteorites is characterized bymeteorites that have a large portion of their mass in the form of olivine crystals. Generally, these crystals are yellow, golden or in some cases green like the peridot that olivine is known for fro...
As the Sun orbits the Galactic Centre, the stars will move out of place, so these constellations will not be recognisable in thousands of years.Ursa Majorwill probably look more like a tadpole than what it does now, a saucepan. Since Zodiac Constellations were drawn up, they are no longer...