35th Anniversary of The Pale Blue Dot

Today, Valentine’s Day, 35 years ago, our tiny world, lost in a sunbeam, was imaged from a billion kilometers. Have we learned anything in the intervening time? Today we celebrate the 35th anniversary of the iconic and timeless image known as “The Pale Blue Dot”, first published on this day in 1990. We published a[…]

The Great #Conjunction of #Jupiter and #Saturn, 2020 (video)

In this video, Dr. Jim Daly presents and discusses this once-in-a-century event: the great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, 2020, an event occurring on December 21st, the Winter Solstice, and an event that won’t be repeated again until the year 2080, 60 years hence. The University of Exeter (in the UK) will host a live-stream[…]

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