In 2019 there will be 5 Eclipses! Here are the dates for each, Orthographic maps, and animated diagrams. 6th January 2019 - Partial Solar Eclipse 21st January 2019 - Total Lunar Eclipse 2nd July- 2019 - Total Solar Eclipse 16th July 2019 - Partial Lunar Eclipse 26th December 2019 - Annular Solar Eclipse … Continue reading Solar & Lunar Eclipses data for 2019 (Astronomy)
I came across this marvelous news..! NASA's fastest spacecraft `New Horizon' launched in 2006, has been hurtling towards planet Pluto at 1 million miles per day...! Closest approach to Pluto is next year (July, 2015)..but will start taking photos ...(tons I imagine) from next January 2015 onwards...! So we are just under a year … Continue reading Encounter with Pluto..soon (in 2015!)
What's up in the stars for June 2013? Am talking about astronomy now, and what you can see (mostly with naked eye, and some with small telescopes). Here's a video from NASA, that explains all the special features for June 2013. http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=164055491 (you can also download this video for your own personal view, at … Continue reading Night Sky in June 2013- what you can see (NASA video & summary)
Comet PANSTARRS (C/2011 L4) was discovered in June 2011, and will be visible to the naked eye..in the Western horizon, just after sunset (only to people of the northern hemisphere). It is not that bright, and will be quite low to the horizon, so an unobstructed view of the western horizon, and a clear night … Continue reading Comet PANSTARRS (C/2011 L4) visible to naked eye in mid-March’13
Here's a highly valuable set of Q&A on Asteroid 2012 DA14 ... provided by NASA on their page (you know am a big fan of NASA) -Mani Navasothy Q: What is asteroid DA14 A: Asteroid 2012 DA14 is a small near-Earth object – approximately 150 feet (45 meters) in diameter. On Feb. 15, 2013, the asteroid … Continue reading NASA Questions & Answers about Asteroid 2012 DA14
Here's an extract from the NASA website www.NASA.gov. "Working with astronomical image processors at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md., renowned astro-photographer Robert Gendler has taken science data from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) archive and combined it with his own ground-based observations to assemble a photo illustration of the magnificent spiral galaxy … Continue reading Magnificent image of Spiral Galaxy M106
http://youtu.be/QY_Gc1bF8ds A film from Nasa about the Mayan prophecy that the world will end on 21 December has been released 10 days early. The Mayan calendar's 5,125-year run is due to end in 10 days, but the film – entitled The World Didn't End Yesterday – argues that the calendar should be interpreted as cyclical. … Continue reading Science@NASA: Why the World didn’t end Yesterday
Those nice guys & gals at NASA have put together a good scientifically based Questions & Answers fact sheet...for each of the possible reasons that `End of the World on 21st December 2012' Doom-believers have been suggesting till now (using believable science). So it's the real Scientists putting out fact-based responses. The NASA link is this.. But … Continue reading NASA: Beyond 2012: Why the World Won’t End
Here's a brilliant photo of the planet Saturn.. Peering into the Storm This image from NASA's Cassini mission was taken on Nov. 27, 2012, with Cassini's narrow-angle camera. The camera was pointing toward Saturn from approximately 224,618 miles (361,488 kilometers) away. This image has not been validated or calibrated. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute -Mani … Continue reading Saturn: Peering into the Storm (on 27Nov2012)
I am an Astrologer - that means I look at the stars and planets and believe that their movements out there in space somehow affects and influences my life here on planet Earth. Yes, there's a whole load of arguments about if the starts determine everything, then do we have free will? And if we … Continue reading The Real Sun-Signs of modern era
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