This keeps the same side always turned toward us. We call this being “tidally locked.” The Moon has no glow of its own, but shines with the reflected light of the Sun. During its crescent phase in the ...
Keep your eyes on the night skies to see the elusive Draconid meteor shower, expected to peak Monday evening into early Tuesday. Unlike many meteor showers, the Draconids aren’t ones you’ll have to st ...
On Monday night (Oct. 7), Venus will be in the constellation Libra, the Scales. But by next month – on Nov. 4 – it will have appeared to have moved about 38-degrees to the east where it will then ...