This year, solstice celebrations at Stonehenge monument are canceled due to Covid-19. But for the 1st time, you can celebrate the 1st sunrise of summer from Stonehenge online. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/gallery-the-summer-solstice-as-seen-from-stonehenge…
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Libra? Here’s your constellation
The zodiacal constellation Libra the Scales is a fixture of the evening sky during a Northern Hemisphere summer (Southern Hemisphere winter). Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/libra-heres-your-constellation…
All you need to know: June solstice 2020
The June solstice is June 20. Longest day for the Northern Hemisphere. Shortest day for the Southern Hemisphere. Details here. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-june-solstice…
Earliest sunrises come before the summer solstice
If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, your earliest sunrises of the year are happening around now. Southern Hemisphere? Your earliest sunsets are around now. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/earliest-sunrises-before-june-solstice-jupiter-venus…
Watch for Jupiter, Saturn and the moon
Watch for the moon, Jupiter and Saturn around June 7, 2020. The moon is very bright now, so Jupiter and Saturn are specks in its glare. Jupiter is a brighter speck than Saturn. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/jupiter-saturn-moon-june-2020-how-to-see…
Strawberry Moon, penumbral lunar eclipse, on June 5
The moon will look full on June 4 and 5, 2020. We in the Northern Hemisphere will call it the Strawberry Moon. It’ll shine near the star Antares. It’ll undergo a very faint penumbral lunar eclipse. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/strawberry-moon-star-antares-from-dusk-till-dawn…
The difference between ‘signs’ and constellations
When – astrologically – the sun enters the “sign” of Gemini, it is still nearly one month away from entering the constellation Gemini in the sky. Astronomer Guy Ottewell illustrates and discusses this difference. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/the-difference-between-signs-and-constellations…
Virgo? Here’s your constellation
The constellation Virgo the Maiden fully returns to the early evening sky – with her feet planted on the eastern horizon – in early May. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/virgo-heres-your-constellation…
4 amazing astronomical discoveries from ancient Greece
The ancients made some jaw-dropping discoveries without modern technology. For example, the size of the moon. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/4-amazing-astronomical-discoveries-ancient-greece…
Year’s biggest and brightest supermoon on April 7-8
Watch for the biggest supermoon of the year to shine all night long. It lights up the eastern sky at dusk/nightfall April 7, climbs highest up for the night around midnight and sets in the west around sunrise April 8. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/years-biggest-supermoon-on-night-of-april-7-8…