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From Mars, Earth transits the Sun four times in a 284-year cycle. The transits occur in either May or November at intervals of 100.5, 79, 25.5, and 79 years. During these events, Earth and the Moon ...

A powerful surge of solar energy is heading toward Earth, and up to 20 U.S. states could catch a glimpse just in time for the ...

During the recent total lunar eclipse on March 3, a friend who was watching it with me from my observatory here in Tucson commented, “It’s so cool to actually be able to see Earth’s shadow!” That got ...

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