![]() Rocket Launches, Trips to Mars and More 2020 Space and Astronomy Events By BY MICHAEL ROSTON A year full of highs and lows in space just ended, and the 12 months to come will be full of new highlights in orbit and beyond. Published: December 31, 2019 at 11:02PM via NYT Science https://ift.tt/2Qeu9wU
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![]() Sync your calendar with the solar system By BY MICHAEL ROSTON Never miss an eclipse, a meteor shower, a rocket launch or any other astronomical and space event that's out of this world. Published: December 31, 2019 at 11:00PM via NYT Science https://ift.tt/39wKKDC ![]() Meteor Showers in 2020 That Will Light Up Night Skies By BY NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR All year long, Earth passes through streams of cosmic debris. Here’s a list of major meteor showers and how to spot one. Published: December 31, 2019 at 11:00PM via NYT Science https://ift.tt/35cZIeI ![]() An Afterlife So Perilous, You Needed a Guidebook By BY FRANZ LIDZ Archaeologists unearthed the remains of a 4,000-year-old “Book of Two Ways” — a guide to the Egyptian underworld, and the earliest copy of the first illustrated book. Published: December 30, 2019 at 04:00AM via NYT Science https://ift.tt/2taWNWP ![]() Eclipse By Unknown Author Eclipse Published: December 26, 2019 at 08:48PM via NYT Science https://ift.tt/2F8c9y5 ![]() ‘Ring of Fire’ Eclipse Dazzles Asia and Middle East By BY DERRICK BRYSON TAYLOR An annular solar eclipse, in which the moon covers the sun’s center, leaving a ring of light around it, was visible on Thursday. “You can actually see the solar system in motion,” an astronomer said. Published: December 26, 2019 at 02:35PM via NYT Science https://ift.tt/2sbnzOF ![]() By Unknown Author Published: December 26, 2019 at 12:39PM via NYT Science https://ift.tt/39cVpTX ![]() Watching an Interstellar ‘Christmas Comet’ and Hoping for a Bang By BY NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Seeing Comet Borisov won’t be easy for the typical sky gazer, but astronomers still have a lot to learn from this extrasolar tourist. Published: December 24, 2019 at 12:10PM via NYT Science https://ift.tt/2tJDyUh ![]() Will the United States Lose the Universe? By BY DENNIS OVERBYE For more than a century, American astronomers have held bragging rights as observers of the cosmos. But that dominance may soon slip away. Published: December 23, 2019 at 04:00AM via NYT Science https://ift.tt/2sRmM5s ![]() Earth Science Has a Whiteness Problem By BY EMMA GOLDBERG Barely 10 percent of doctoral degrees in the geosciences go to recipients of color. The lack of diversity limits the quality of research, many scientists say. Published: December 23, 2019 at 04:00AM via NYT Science https://ift.tt/36YvJsn |
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