Back to the Moon with the Artemis program
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February 16, 2022
NASA plans to send astronauts to the Moon once again by 2025. To that end, the U.S. space agency has been developing the ambitious Artemis program...Read more
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How is the date of Easter determined?
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March 31, 2021
Written on April 25, 2011 The Easter holiday occupies the center of the ecclesiastical calendar and is used to determine the feast days in the...Read more
Apollo 11’s giant leap
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July 17, 2019
There are events of such importance that they’re inscribed forever in the history books. The Apollo 11 mission and the first steps on the Moon belong...Read more
Supermoon eclipse
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December 19, 2018
Public lunar eclipse watching events on January 20-21 Come and watch the eclipse with us at Planetarium! Staff and volunteers will have telescopes...Read more
The supermoon on December 3, 2017
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November 28, 2017
The final full moon of 2017 as well as the first two of 2018 are called “perigeean,” the full moon taking place within 24 hours of the transit of the...Read more
The August 21 Solar Eclipse
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August 14, 2017
On Monday, August 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse will occur. To see this spectacular phenomenon at its most grandiose, however, one will have to...Read more
How to surf gravitational waves
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February 18, 2016
Long ago in a galaxy far away, two black holes caught in a gravitational dance merged, causing a disturbance in the force... the gravitational force...Read more
Watch the Moon eclipse the giant star Aldebaran!
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January 18, 2016
Last year marked the start of a series of 49 occultations of Aldebaran. Each lunar month, from 2015 to 2018, the Moon will pass in front of the V-...Read more
The last total lunar eclipse before 2019… Don’t miss it!
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September 22, 2015
On the evening of September 27, the full moon will be completely engulfed by the Earth’s shadow, marking the last in a series of four total lunar...Read more
Supermoons 2015… Are you ready?
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August 25, 2015
The term “supermoon” is relatively new, having been popularized by social media in the last few years. But the astronomical coincidence underlying...Read more
