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When we look at the night sky, how far back in time can we see? January 8, 2021 at 11:22 am When we look up at the stars, we are looking back in time. The light entering our eyes from these distant objects set off years, decades or millennia earlier. Every time we look at something ‘up there’ we’re seeing it as it was in the past. Advertisement With enormous modern telescopes and sensitive detectors, professional astronomers can see far beyond what most back garden telescopes are capabl...

Look up for meteor showers in 2021 Your guide to the best showers this year. By Jonti Horner for the University of Southern Queensland and Tanya Hill from Museums Victoria The best meteor showers are a spectacular sight but, unfortunately, 2021 starts with a whimper. Moonlight this January will wash out the first of the big three — the Quadrantids (seen above in 2020). After that, the year just gets better and better, with the Perseids (another of the big three along with the Geminids) a par...

Heres How to Watch The Most Spectacular Meteor Showers of 2021 JONTI HORNER AND TANYA HILL, THE CONVERSATION 2 JANUARY 2021 The best meteor showers are a spectacular sight but, unfortunately, 2021 starts with a whimper. Moonlight this January will wash out the first of the big three — the Quadrantids.   After that, the year just gets better and better, with the Perseids (another of the big three along with the Geminids) a particular highlight for northern hemisphere observers in August. I...

Sunrise and Sunset Times (Eastern Standard Time) - Advertisement - Sun rises at 7:11 am and sets at 5:19 pm on the 31st Moon’s Phases in January New Moon on the 13th Full “Wolf Moon” on the 28th Tagline: Jupiter and Saturn make their last appearance at dusk, Mercury pops up at dawn Stars and Constellations The spectacular winter star groups parade onto the center stage of the heavens on January evenings, but before that happens, a few remnants of autumn and even of summer nights ...

Gobsmacking Photos Show The Great Conjunction Christmas Star From Around The World JULIETTE COLLEN, AFP 22 DECEMBER 2020 The Solar Systems two biggest planets, Jupiter and Saturn, came within planetary kissing range in Mondays evening sky, an intimacy that will not occur again until 2080. This "great conjunction", as it is known to astronomers, occurred fortuitously on the winter solstice for those in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of summer in the global south.    The two plane...