Will the Sun’s solar maximum phase this year affect the colors we see in the aurora? Find out the science behind these incredible lights in the sky.
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While green is the most common color in the northern and southern lights, other colors are more likely to appear Continue reading What Solar Maximum Means for Aurora Colors in 2025
The aurora has been putting on a show in the night skies recently. If you’ve missed it, don’t worry—it will be making frequent appearances in 2025, and we’re here to tell you why.
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On 8-Apr-2024 a Total Solar Eclipse is happening in North America which runs through Mexico, the USA and Eastern Canada. This eclipse can be seen in Nova Scotia as an almost total eclipse (partial eclipse).
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Read more about this Eclipse here or do a Google search …
What Can You See during a Total Solar Eclipse?
Also see the Wikipedia entry.
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On 21-Aug-2017 – a Total Solar Eclipse is happening in North America but can only be seen from a narrow path spanning all across the USA from the West Coast to the East Coast, weather permitting.
In the surrounding areas, which include all of mainland United States and Canada, the total eclipse 2017 will be a partial solar eclipse.
Read more about the Total Solar Eclipse here or do a Google search …
Also see the Wikipedia entry.
For the first time in a decade, Mercury is about to transit the Sun. Catch the event that only occurs 13 times a century.
The planet Mercury will pass between the Earth and the Sun on Monday, 9-May-2016, marking a rare celestial event that occurs only 13 times a century. From Earth, the planet will look like a tiny black dot moving in a straight line across a portion of the Sun.
The crossing gets underway at 8:15am ADT.
Mercury’s solar crossing gets underway at 8:15am ADT time, but Continue reading Mercury is about to transit the Sun
Rumor has it that there will be a Total Solar Eclipse coming up next week. And, yes, it’s true. On 8/9-Mar-2016 the moon swings right in front of the sun and will cover it totally for 4 minutes and 9 seconds … But it is all about location, location location!
So before you get too excited – no, the eclipse cannot be seen at all from Nova Scotia – or the North American continent. It will mainly play out over the North Pacific ocean/Indonesia.
Still interested? Read the articles in Earth Sky or timeanddate.com for more details.
Btw, the next Total Solar Eclipse (at least) partially visible from Nova Scotia will happen next year on 21-Aug-2017. Stay tuned!
On 20-Mar-2015 – together with Spring Equinox and a New Moon – a Total Solar Eclipse is happening.
The eclipse cannot be seen at all from the American continents. But it’s a Total Solar Eclipse in Svalbard (Norway) and the Faroe Islands, and a Partial Solar Eclipse in Europe, northern and eastern Asia and northern and western Africa.
The eclipse starts at 07:41 UTC and ends at 11:50 UTC. Continue reading Total Solar Eclipse on 20-Mar-2015
Most of North America, including the United States and Canada will have front row seats to a partial solar eclipse on Thursday, October 23, 2014
Can I see the eclipse from my city?
People on the US East Coast and in eastern Canada will see the eclipse during sunset. If you are in the Midwest or the West Coast of the U.S., you will be treated to a spectacular afternoon eclipse, weather permitting, of course.
The eclipse will begin near the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Sibera at 19:38 (7:38 pm) UTC. As it moves east, much of North America will be able to see a partial solar eclipse. The maximum eclipse will take place at 21:45 (9:45 pm) UTC over Canada’s Nunavut Territory near Prince of Wales Island. The eclipse will end at 23:52 (11:52 pm) UTC.
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