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Today is Perihelion Day
WOOD via Yahoo News· 5 months agoToday, January 2 is Perihelion Day. This is the day of the year when the sun is closest to the Earth. Today, the center of earth is 91,404,095 million...
Fact Check: Unraveling the Connection Between Halley's Comet and Mark Twain's Birth and Death
Snopes via Yahoo News· 3 months agoSnopes compilation/Public Domain Claim: American author Mark Twain was born and died on the days...
Earth is about to reach its farthest point from the sun. So why is it so hot?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA rising sun and Earth's horizon are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 13...
Bright 'evening star' Venus dazzles this winter in two planetary conjunctions
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWith its long nights and still air, Winter is an excellent time for stargazing, planet viewing, and...
Halley's Comet begins its 38-year journey back toward Earth tonight
Space via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA bright comet streaks through the night sky, leaving a cloudy trail behind it. Beginning on Friday,...
Latest on the Devil Comet 2024: Will it be visible during the April total solar eclipse?
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA striking celestial event is set to unfold in the night sky throughout April 2024. A devil comet —...
NASA's Parker Solar Probe starts summer with 16th swoop by the sun
Space via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe Parker Solar Probe conducted its 16th perihelion pass on Thursday morning (June 22), cruising...
April skygazing: A total solar eclipse, a meteor shower, and the Pink Moon
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA Full Pink Moon sets over San Francisco, California on April 5, 2023. April 8Total Solar Eclipse...
Want to see Comet Nishimura in Florida? You have one more chance, or wait until 2458
Florida Today via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoIf you're an early riser, or the thought of seeing a comet tempts you to leave your bed, get up...
How NASA's OSIRIS-APEX asteroid probe survived its 1st close encounter with the sun
Space via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAn animation of a cube-shaped spacecraft with two rectangular wing-like solar panels passing in...