This total eclipse, and the one coming up
Friday, March 20 marks not just the Vernal Equinox but also a total solar eclipse. This best spectacle in all
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March skies in the Hudson Valley
March and September are the months when the Sun changes its declination at the fastest rate of the year. If
Explanation for this weird winter: You won’t like it
There may be a reason for this strangely cold winter. You won’t like it. First, some background: Human carbon dioxide
A weekend of super-conjunctions in the night sky
It’s one of the coldest winters in memory, and venturing outdoors after sunset probably has the same appeal as playing
Don’t miss Jupiter and Venus
At age 46, Galileo was no young kid in 1610. But events that year forever changed his life – and
Can your dog read your mind?
We all want to know what’s going on. Can we adapt to higher sea levels? What are the chances for
Surveys show that you love our weather
Our government did a survey a few years ago, about how people felt about their region’s climate. Believe it or
Private rockets to space… and the Halloween accident
On October 31, a deadly high-altitude accident destroyed the SS2 space plane. The test flight had been conducted by one
High-energy cosmic rays: You better duck
Cosmic Rays have a mysterious-sounding name, and live up to it. Even their history is intriguing. Their presence was first
Venus, meet Mercury: Oddities of a fabulous conjunction
The planets Venus and Mercury will be truly noteworthy the next ten days. They’ll do a photobomb. Venus had a