Astronomy (Page 9)

Surprise Meteor Shower Possible, Gamma Delphinids’ First Appearance Since 1930

Insomniacs rejoice, for the sleepless who gaze skyward at...

Jupiter Exits, Venus and Mercury Have June Spring Fling

While Mercury, Jupiter and Venus have been triangulating...

Massive Asteroid, Blacker Than Coal and Toting Its Own Moon, Shoots Past Earth

The literal mother of all asteroids—as far as Near Earth...

Flight of Fancy: What the Planets Would Look Like if They Were as Close as the Moon

Watching planets and stars as they appear in the sky is...

Mercury, Venus, Jupiter in Tight Triangular Tryst

A rare meeting between three luminescent heavenly bodies...

May Super Moon Bigger Than Life, Plus a Tiny Eclipse

The venerable and ever-faithful moon actually orbits Mother...

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Astronomy

Autumnal Equinox: First Day of Fall, Sacred Sites and a Quarter Moon

ICTMN Staff

September 22, 2012

That slight crispness to the air that signifies the change in seasons is now being backed up by the sun...

Chinle Summer Science Academy Melds Navajo and NASA Astronomical Knowledge

Melba A. Martin, Ed. D.

September 15, 2012

Melba Martin, solar system ambassador to the Navajo Nation from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, spent part of the summer watching students in Chinle, Arizona, soak up knowledge a...

Multi-Planet System Discovered Around Binary Star Increase Odds of Life: Scientists

ICTMN Staff

September 08, 2012

The potential for life on other planets has been upped thanks for a recent new discovery...

Forest Service, Native Community Seek to Protect Sacred Site After Some Claim Mayan Connection

Simon Moya-Smith

September 03, 2012

Track Rock Gap—a 1,200-year-old archeological and Native American sacred site , located about 75 miles north of Atlanta, Georgia—has long gone undisturbed...

'Extreme Stargazing' on Deck for September Hard-Core Sky Watchers

ICTMN Staff

September 01, 2012

Summer is fading into fall, and nights are lengthening as Mother Earth’s axis tilts back toward the winter solstice...

Blue Moon: Give This Month's Second Full Moon a Wink for Astronaut Neil Armstrong

ICTMN Staff

August 30, 2012

On August 31, the moon will be full for the second time this month. Because of that, this one is called a blue moon—it almost never happens...

Neptune Rising, and Pluto Celebrates Five Years of 'Dwarf' Status

ICTMN Staff

August 25, 2012

It’s no moon , Venus , Jupiter or even Mars , but the eighth (and last, since Pluto was stripped of its status) planet in our solar system, Neptune, was at opposition on August 24...

Chase Iron Eyes Asks For Help to Save Sacred Site

ICTMN Staff

August 19, 2012

Chase Iron Eyes, an attorney and founding writer at LastRealIndians.com, is seen in this video asking people to unite

Sun Whips Solar System Into Shape With 500,000-Mile Plasma Filament

ICTMN Staff

August 18, 2012

The sun is full of surprises: In what is perhaps a display of the feistiness that is destined to increase over the next couple of years until peaking in 2013–14 , it recently launc...