sun - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/sun/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:07:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 sun - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/sun/ 32 32 103504436 The Great Texas Eclipse–April 8, 2024 https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-great-texas-eclipse-april-8-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-great-texas-eclipse-april-8-2024 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:07:24 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=33165 The New Moon of Monday, April 8, 2024, aligns with the Sun and the Earth well enough to cast its shadow onto Earth, causing an eclipse. Since the Moon is at perigee (closest approach to Earth) on April 7, its shadow does reach the Earth.  Anyone in tha...

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]]> 741920 Perihelion | January 2023 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/perihelion-january-2023-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=perihelion-january-2023-sky-happenings Wed, 04 Jan 2023 16:00:15 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32619 Editor’s Note: It is a new year and we continue looking up as HMNS Astronomer James Wooten explains the sky happenings for the month of January, including the science behind perihelion. Jupiter is still in the evening sky; look for it in the south sout...

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