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Fact Check: Unraveling the Connection Between Halley's Comet and Mark Twain's Birth and Death
Snopes via Yahoo News· 4 months agoSnopes compilation/Public Domain Claim: American author Mark Twain was born and died on the days...
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...
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...
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 —...
Northland Nature: Earth tilt creates perihelion paradox
The Pine Journal, Cloquet, Minn. via Yahoo Sports· 5 months agoJan. 5—The new year of 2024 has begun. Looking back at 2023, the weather gave us plenty to observe. The 2022-23 winter had a record-setting snowfall total: 140 inches. This was followed by a ...
How to watch tonight's Quadrantid meteor shower from anywhere
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAre clear skies in your forecast tonight? If so, look up! You could catch a spectacular show from...
Here's how to see 'horned' comet 12P/Pons-Brooks at its brightest this week (video)
Space via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAll you'll need to see comet 12P/Pons-Brooks this month, besides fair weather and a little luck, are...
Happy Aphelion Day! Earth is at its farthest from the sun for 2023 today
Space via Yahoo News· 11 months agoEarth reaches the farthest point in its orbit around the sun for 2023, called aphelion, on Thursday...
'Devil Comet' 12P/Pons-Brooks is approaching Earth. Why is it flaring up, 'horns' and all?
Space via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe exact cause of 'Devil Comet' 12P/Pons-Brooks' flare-ups is unknown, though the best guess is...
