The Perseids will reach their peak in the early hours of August 13, 2023. Universal Images Group via Getty Images The highly anticipated Perseid meteor shower will reach its peak on the night of Saturday, August 12th (North America) and in the early hours of Sunday, August 13th (Europe), 2023. Many individuals are eager to …
A Perseid (shooting star) from A Veiga, Galicia, Spain. getty Every Monday, I curate the celestial highlights for the northern hemisphere (mid-northern latitudes) for the coming week. For more comprehensive articles on stargazing, astronomy, eclipses, and more, make sure to visit my main feed. The Night Sky This Week: August 7-13, 2023 It’s time to …
Discover the best way to witness the Perseids meteor shower at its peak in 2023. VCG via Getty Images We are currently a few weeks into the Perseid meteor shower of 2023, but the most exciting moments are yet to come. It all began on July 14 when Earth’s orbit intersected with a stream of …
SolO view in the EUV on 30 March 2022 showing a partial section of the Sun with gas at 1 million … [+] degrees. The red paths correspond to some of the rain tracks analysed in this work. The Earth image has been overlaid to scale. Patrick Antolin. Background image: ESA/Solar Orbiter EUI/HRI The sun’s …
On December 13, 2020, the Geminid meteor shower illuminated the Tagong Grassland in Garze Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.… [+] It was a breathtaking sight to behold. Image: Future Publishing via Getty Images Each year, in the middle of December, our planet traverses a cloud of cosmic dust and debris that orbits the sun. This celestial …
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower could be much stronger than usual, though the presence of a full Moon … [+] will brighten the night sky. getty Earth is about to bust through a stream of dust and debris left in the inner solar system by Halley’s comet in 390 BC—and that could mean an outburst …