A jet on the approach to Los Angeles International Airport crosses in front of the 'Super Moon,' an event that occurs when the full moon reaches the part of its path that is closest to Earth. What would happen if there was no moon? DAVID HUME KENNERLY/GETTY IMAGES It's easy to thin...
You can view a total solar eclipse with your bare eyes, but only when the moon completely covers the face of the sun. And if you're really gung ho about looking up at the sun without special spectacles, you could watch the event's progression through a pinhole camera. Otherwise, NASA ...
We see that the most common planet sizes of are those with radii from 1 to 3 times that of Earth—what we have called “Earths” and “super-Earths.” Each group occurs in about one-third to one-quarter of stars. In other words, if we group these sizes together, we can conclude th...
ThePerseidmeteor shower occurs in mid-August, reaching peak activity around August 11-13. Its radiant point lies in the constellation Perseus and it is associated with the comet Swift-Tuttle. Draconids TheDraconidmeteor shower, occurs every October, peaking around October 7-8. The name of this ...
the sound waves that emanate from a siren on an emergency vehicle; as the vehicle moves toward an observer, sound waves are compressed, but as it moves away, they are stretched out, orredshifted. Known as the Doppler Effect, the same phenomena occurs with waves of light at all ...
When stars die On average, a supernova will occur once every 50 years in a galaxy the size of theMilky Way, according to research by theEuropean Space Agency. This means a star explodes every 10 seconds or so somewhere in the universe, according to theU.S. Department of Energy. ...
I seek out moments in which I can simply “be” and don’t need to concern myself with a structured or specific activity. It doesn’t matter if this occurs while I’m alone or in a group! I love calm, serene activities, usually (but not always) involving the arts. ...
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It’s worth noting that heat haze doesn’t actually need a hot day. All it really needs is a temperature difference between the ground and the air above it. So even on a relatively cold day the effects can be observed. This is often the case when shooting over a large body of water...