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Alien life on Europa?
Alien life on Europa?
Oct 1 all-day
Let’s find alien life in the waters of Jupiter’s moon, Europa! No, really, let’s have a look. NASA hasn’t announced a date yet, but October 2024 is the speculative launch window for the Europa Clipper mission. The mission aims to analyze Europa’s habitability by studying its ice shell, subsurface water,[...] |
π New Moon
1:49 pm
Partial Solar Eclipse (Americas)
6:50 pm
Partial Solar Eclipse (Americas)
Oct 2 @ 6:50 pm β 10:39 pm
Annular solar eclipses aren’t so dramatic as total eclipses, but they’re still worth pulling out your sun-filtering goggles so you can witness a ring of light around the darkened moon in midday. The Sun’s corona will be fully hiden for those of you lurking in the Pacific Ocean off the[...] | |||||
Draconids Meteor Shower
Draconids Meteor Shower
Oct 7 all-day
In 2024, a second quarter moon means dark skies in the early evening. You might also catch some meteors on subsequent days. The radiant point for the Draconid meteor shower almost coincides with the head of the constellation Draco the Dragon in the northern sky. Thatβs why you can view[...] | ||||||
π Full Moon (Hunters Moon, Supermoon)
6:26 am
π Full Moon (Hunters Moon, Supermoon)
Oct 17 @ 6:26 am β Oct 18 @ 12:59 am
This is the closest “supermoon” of the 4 supermoons in 2024. Known as the “Hunters Moon” because at this time of year the leaves are falling and the game is fat and ready to hunt. | ||||||
Orionids Meteor Shower
Orionids Meteor Shower
Oct 21 β Oct 22 all-day
In 2024, the waning gibbous moon will block out the fainter meteors. On a dark, moonless night, the Orionids exhibit a maximum of about 10 to 20 meteors per hour, peaking on the night of the 21st and morning of the 22nd. These fast-moving meteors sometimes produce bright fireballs, which[...] | ||||||
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