The scientist behind Halley’s Comet
November 8, 1656, is the birthdate of English astronomer and mathematician Edmond Halley. Born close to London, he grew to...
Neptune’s rings confirmed August 22, 1989
By the late Nineteen Eighties, astronomers suspected that planet Neptune – now categorized because the outermost main planet...
Glad 550th birthday, Nicolaus Copernicus!
Renaissance astronomer and mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus was born in Torun, Poland, 550 years in the past right now. At...
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A rocket obliterates a sundog
On February 11, 2010, as NASA’s Photo voltaic Dynamics Observatory (SDO) launched into space, its path took it straight...
February 9, 1913: the Nice Meteor Procession
An odd and still-unexplained parade of meteors on this date dazzled viewers in Canada, the northeastern United...