RIYADH: The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) recently captured an amazing sky event: the waning crescent moon lined up with Mars, Jupiter, Aldebaran, and the Pleiades star cluster. This celestial alignment was visible to the naked eye and could be seen from 2:30 am in the Northern Border region until dawn. The alignment of the waning […]
This day in history we feature the Rings of Uranus. Astronomers discover the rings of Uranus on this day in 1977. Trivia – Rings of Uranus The rings of Uranus are intermediate in complexity between the more extensive set around Saturn and the simpler systems around Jupiter and Neptune. The rings of Uranus were discovered […]
New York: Studying bizarre underwater snow below ice shelves on Earth can help understand the ice shell of Jupiter‘s moon Europa, as per researchers. Europa is a rocky world about the size of the Earth’s moon that is surrounded by a global ocean and a miles-thick ice shell. Below Europa’s thick icy crust is a massive, […]
The first extraterrestrial volcano was discovered on Jupiter’s satellite on this day in 1979. Did you know that: • Everett Horton patented a fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes on this day in 1887• Don Ku received a patent for a wheeled suitcase with a collapsible towing handle on this day in 1994• International Women’s […]
Otto Rudolf Martin Brendel took the first successful auroral photograph on this day in 1892. Did you know that: • King Camp Gillette, inventor of the best-selling safety razor, was born on this day in 1855• The “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson was published by Longmans, Green & […]
The biggest planet of our solar system, Jupiter will be appearing bigger and brighter on August 20, 2021. Mighty Jupiter will be in opposition to the sun on the night of August 20. That’s when Earth will fly between the sun and Jupiter, and Jupiter will appear opposite the sun in our sky. Jupiter is […]
Two giant planets of our solar system Jupiter and Saturn are set to create a “Christmas star” with a dramatic close encounter that has not been seen from Earth in nearly 800 years. The solar system’s two largest planets will appear to merge, creating a bright point in the sky on 21 December, 2020. During […]
