On Wednesday, December 7, skywatchers around the world were treated to a celestial spectacle as the full moon eclipsed Mars in the night sky. The rare event, known as a lunar occultation, refers to one celestial body – in this case Mars – appearing to disappear or hiding behind another – in this case the …
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The oldest DNA ever recovered has revealed a remarkable two-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland, including the presence of an unlikely explorer: the mastodon. The DNA, found locked in sediments in an area called Peary Land in the far north of Greenland, shows what life was like during a much warmer time in Earth’s history. The landscape, …
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In the evening of Wednesday (December 7) and until the wee hours of Thursday (December 8), Mars will be directly opposite the sun in the sky in an astronomical arrangement called an opposition. Mars will be in the Taurus constellation in opposition and will be visible for most of the night, peaking around midnight local …
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DULUTH – If you’ve never witnessed an occultation before, you’re in for a treat. Skywatchers across much of North America (except the southeast and parts of the east coast) on Wednesday evening will see the full moon slowly encroach on the planet Mars, then the engulf. From some locations, Mars will disappear for more than …
Every once in a while, something will appear in the sky that will catch the attention of even those who normally don’t bother to look up. This will likely be so on the evening of Wednesday, December 7, when the full moon appears in close proximity to the now bright planet Mars. In fact, the …
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A “Cold Moon” moonrise over downtown Los Angeles against the snow-capped San Gabriel Mountains in December … [+] 29, 2020. CG pictures The last full moon of 2022, the “cold moon”, will be at its best next week when it rises in the east just as the sun sets in the west. For some observers …
A “Cold Moon” moonrise over downtown Los Angeles against the snow-capped San Gabriel Mountains in December … [+] 29, 2020. CG pictures The last full moon of 2022, the “cold moon”, will be at its best next week when it rises in the east just as the sun sets in the west. For some observers …
Last year, we began inviting readers to send us their pressing questions in Los Angeles and California. Every few weeks, we put the questions up for a vote, asking readers to decide which question they’d like to see answered in story form. This question, posed by Ricky Fulton, was included in one of our recent …
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The lake pit in front of the La Brea Tar Pits museum is a remnant of asphalt mining that took place in the 19th century. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times) Last year, we began inviting readers to send us their pressing questions in Los Angeles and California. Every few weeks, we put the questions up for …
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October 2022 was again a busy month aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Several spacecraft movements completed the transition between Expeditions 67 and 68 and saw new supplies delivered to the Russian orbital segment. Against this backdrop, the station’s essential work – deepening humanity’s understanding of science – continued with the crew carrying out a …
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