Triple Header: Solar Eclipse and (Invisible) Super Moon Welcome Spring Equinox

ICTMN Staff
3/19/15
The first day of spring is heralded this year by a solar eclipse that will reach full totality with a new super moon on top of the world, and astronomy buffs are gathering at point...

Teenage Cree Superhero Makes DC Comics Debut in April

ICTMN Staff
3/28/14

Equinox, a superhero modeled on real-life First Nation teens, is set to make her debut in the DC Comics publication

Vernal Equinox Trumps Groundhog: Spring Is Finally Here

ICTMN Staff
3/20/14
Though belied by the continuing chill in the Northeast, the astronomical fact is irrefutable: Spring has arrived. On March 20 at exactly 12:57 p.m...

Punxsutawney Phil Gets His Pre-Super Bowl 15 Minutes of Groundhog Day Fame

ICTMN Staff
2/2/14
While everyone focuses on the Super Bowl, a diminutive mammal that gets its literal 15 minutes of fame once a year will peek out of its winter home, one state over...

Those Leaves Turned On Me! First Day of Fall, and There's a Nip in the Air

ICTMN Staff
9/21/13
Goodbye, heat waves. Summer is finally over, at least up north, with the official, down-to-the-minute end coming at precisely 4:44 p.m. Eastern Time on Sunday September 22...

First Day of Spring: The Skies Have It, as NOAA Catches the Vernal Equinox in Space

ICTMN Staff
3/20/13
Spring may have arrived on Earth with a winterish whimper, but what’s happening in the sky is preordained. At 7:02 a.m...

First Day of Spring Brings the Light, but not a Hint of Heat

ICTMN Staff
3/20/13
It’s the first day of spring, when day and night are just about equal in length. The moment occurred at 7:02 a.m. Eastern Time today...

By Any Name, Harvest Moon Shines on Over Indian Country

ICTMN Staff
9/29/12
You might have noticed the moon shining pretty brightly these past few days...

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

ICTMN Staff
9/22/12
That slight crispness to the air that signifies the change in seasons is now being backed up by the sun...

Obama Uses Persian New Year to Reach Iranian People

ICTMN Staff
3/20/12
President Barack Obama today, released a video aiming to reach the Iranian people upon their Persian New Year, according to the Associated Press ...

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