Your checklist for viewing the 2020 Perseid meteor shower
August 10, 2020 By Amy Sayle It’s time for the best meteor shower of summer—the Perseids. The annual Perseid meteor shower has already begun and will be active well into…
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At home, but dreaming of traveling to exoplanets
…at UNC-Chapel Hill, Proxima Centauri is prone to bright and frequent flares that don’t make it a great place for life. You’d be cooked by ultraviolet radiation. If you’re a…
The scientific reason you should know the constellations of the zodiac
…about only a fraction of the 88 constellations. Hardly anyone ever inquires, for example, about the many bizarrely named constellations best seen from the southern hemisphere. (Just once, I’d love…
Take a walk through the solar system—in your own neighborhood.
…get to Earth. There’s no place like home. You’re now at the only place in our solar system that we know for sure has life. Earth is a rocky planet…
Happy birthday, Durham! Your city flag is astronomically wonderful.
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The meteor shower drought is OVER!
…atmosphere. Although sporadic meteors can happen any night, the best meteor viewing happens during the annual meteor showers. Unfortunately, we’ve been in a “meteor shower drought.” There’s only one major…