astronomy
June’s strawberry moon will light up the sky this week
Science
June 14, 2022
June’s strawberry moon will light up the sky this week
(CNN) – June’s full moon, the strawberry moon, will illuminate the sky this week. The moon will appear full from…
Space telescope spots unexpected starquakes
Science
June 14, 2022
Space telescope spots unexpected starquakes
(CNN) – Strange and unexpected tsunami-like starquakes — movements on stars’ crusts similar to earthquakes we experience on our planet…
Satellite pollution is threatening to alter our view of the night sky
Science
April 5, 2022
Satellite pollution is threatening to alter our view of the night sky
Saskatchewan, Canada (CNN) – The night sky has been a source of information and wonder since the dawn of humankind…
Tourists flock to Egypt’s Hatshepsut Temple to catch glimpse of rare astronomical phenomenon
Archaeology
January 6, 2020
Tourists flock to Egypt’s Hatshepsut Temple to catch glimpse of rare astronomical phenomenon
Tourists in Egypt flocked to Queen Hatshepsut Temple on Monday to witness the sun fall perpendicular on the holy shrines…
Visitors marvel as sun alignment illuminates the Temple of Hatshepsut
Archaeology
December 9, 2019
Visitors marvel as sun alignment illuminates the Temple of Hatshepsut
Archaeologists and astronomers visited on Monday the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor’s Qurna mountain to witness a sun alignment…
Scientists spot black hole so huge it ‘shouldn’t even exist’ in our galaxy
Science
November 28, 2019
Scientists spot black hole so huge it ‘shouldn’t even exist’ in our galaxy
Astronomers have discovered a black hole in the Milky Way so huge that it challenges existing models of how stars…
Dark matter and exoplanet discoveries win Nobel Physics Prize
Science
October 8, 2019
Dark matter and exoplanet discoveries win Nobel Physics Prize
Canadian-American cosmologist James Peebles and Swiss astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz on Tuesday won the Nobel Physics Prize for…
Partial Lunar Eclipse to start Tuesday evening
Egypt
July 16, 2019
Partial Lunar Eclipse to start Tuesday evening
The head of the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) Gad Mohamed al-Qady called on astronomy enthusiasts and…
South Americans marvel at total solar eclipse
World
July 3, 2019
South Americans marvel at total solar eclipse
A rare total solar eclipse plunged a vast swath of Latin America’s southern cone into darkness Tuesday, briefly turning day…
Red planet and ‘blood moon’ pair up to dazzle skygazers
Science
July 25, 2018
Red planet and ‘blood moon’ pair up to dazzle skygazers
The longest “blood moon” eclipse this century will coincide with Mars’ closest approach in 15 years to offer skygazers…