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  1. 2 hours ago

    The rises around midday and sets around midnight. This is the opposite of a , which rises in the middle of the night and sets in the middle of the day. Image: ©

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  2. 2 hours ago

    Look up for a . On December 11 at 01:35 UTC, the will be at First Quarter and appear 50% illuminated. Image: ©

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  3. Dec 8

    Choose between different designs and formats and print the calendar at home and get a head start to the next year! Try it out: Image:©

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  4. Dec 8

    Looking for an easy-to-use calendar to make your 2022 a productive year? Look no further than our Printable Calendars. Customize by adding your special events, public holidays & religious observances for your country, & even Moon Phases.

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  5. Dec 6

    This image from our Night Sky Map shows the view from New York City at 5 pm local time on December 6. Find the planets and the Moon in your night sky:

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  6. Dec 6

    Over the course of the next few nights, the Moon will sweep by Saturn and Jupiter: one year on from their famous Christmas-time conjunction of 2020, the solar system’s two biggest are still close together in the sky.

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  7. Dec 3

    We aren't doing a hosted live show, but we'll have updates on our live blog from 05:30 UTC. 📷 from Union Glacier Camp ©Christopher Michel/ALE

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  8. Dec 3

    At Union Glacier Camp, totality takes place at 07:44:55 UTC. Other research stations across the icy continent will experience a partial solar eclipse. 📷 from Union Glacier Camp ©Christopher Michel/ALE

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  9. Dec 3

    It's happening! A total solar eclipse will soon cross Antarctica and the surrounding region from 05:29 to 09:37 UTC. Only a lucky few (including a colony of Emperor Penguins) will see the eclipse. 📷 from Union Glacier Camp ©Christopher Michel/ALE

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  10. Dec 3

    If you're not in Antarctica, you can still follow the eclipse with us. We’re not doing a hosted live show, but we will have updates on our live blog from 05:30 UTC.

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  11. Dec 3

    John tells us: 'The team here is really excited about being able to witness the eclipse on Saturday morning. During the summer, the Sun never sets below the horizon so even at 4 am we should see the effect of the eclipse.'

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  12. Dec 3

    Tomorrow, December 4, there's a total solar eclipse across Antarctica. John Law, an Antarctic Atmospheric Scientist at Rothera Research Station, is one of the lucky few to be able to see the eclipse, if the clouds stay away, that is.

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  13. Dec 1

    And to take your minds off the dark cold days (or the upcoming sweltering summer), here's a cool fact about Dec 2021: the first 9 days of the month are all when written in mm-d-yy format! 📷©

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  14. Dec 1

    It is December 1 today! It's officially the start of meteorological winter in many Northern Hemisphere countries. And the start of meteorological summer in Southern Hemisphere countries. 📷©

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  15. Nov 26

    On Nov 27 (exactly 12:27 UTC) the will reach its . Tidal ranges are smallest around , because the gravitational forces from Moon & work against each other to produce . 📷 ©.

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  17. Nov 24

    It will help us answer questions such as why is the solar corona, the Sun’s outer atmosphere that becomes visible during a total solar eclipse, millions of degrees hotter than the Sun’s surface? All about our star: Image: ESA/NASA

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  18. Nov 24

    Why hazardous? Because Earth is surrounded by space debris, ranging from abandoned rockets to tiny flecks of paint, all of which pose a risk to spacecraft. Solar Orbiter is on a mission to study the Sun . Image: ESA/NASA

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  19. Nov 24

    Good luck to our friends at the ESA - European Space Agency! At 04:30 UTC on November 27, their Solar Orbiter spacecraft will perform a hazardous flyby of Earth—passing just 460 km above North Africa and the Canary Islands. Image: ESA/NASA

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  20. Nov 23

    Among those best positioned to see totality will be the inhabitants of the Gould Bay Emperor Penguin Colony in Antarctica. ©

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