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Two Days and Thousands of Years!

By Clarence G. Underwood posted 20 hours ago

Two Days and Thousands of Years! . By Clarence G. Underwood . The month of February can be short Or long. Twenty eight or Twenty nine Days, how can you go wrong. This Year the month had something to say. Yes, it was within two days if we add Way back when, when recording conjunctions Had just began. We saw many things In the sky. The Chinese had keen eyes. Applying then to now many years have passed! On February Twenty eighth of this year a great gathering We did cheer. Six planets were seen in The sky, some two days earlier back in 1953 BC five planets were observed within The sky. The Chinese were watching the Sky several ...

A WINTER WITHOUT STARS (5) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted yesterday

BEGINNING OF 2026 Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . The beginning of a starless winter, with the sky covered almost all the time by clouds or fog. Only the Sun shone sometimes and for a few weeks I believed that he remained the only heavenly body in the Universe. . #poetry

A WINTER WITHOUT STARS (4) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 2 days ago

THE FIRST SNOW Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . Christmas 2025 with the first snow. Enjoying an electric star is not the same as observing a real star. .. #poetry

A WINTER WITHOUT STARS (3) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 3 days ago

DECEMBER 2025 Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . Walks through the parks under a generous Sun, without suspecting that soon a starless winter will come like a brief heavenly failure over my city. . . #poetry

A WINTER WITHOUT STARS (2) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 4 days ago

THROUGH THE CISMIGIU PARK Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . At the end of November 2025 I crossed the Cismigiu Park in Bucharest and admired two buildings in the Neo-Romanian architectural style. "Do you like them too?" – I asked Mr. Sun, and he answered me: "I prefer the galactic architectural style." . #poetry

A WINTER WITHOUT STARS (1) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 5 days ago

(A series dedicated to Global Astronomy Month 2026) . NOVEMBER 24, 2025 Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . I saw the Sun in the morning from my planet. Later on, I asked myself: Why not a satellite too, like the Moon? Why not another planet too, like Saturn (a little blue due to light pollution)? Why not another star too, like Deneb? . #poetry

NASA's Mission: Exploring the Universe (A Free, Virtual Lecture)

By Donna McCormick posted 8 days ago

The photo is of the Element Wheel Assembly, a part of the Nancy Grace Roman telescope. On March 26 2026, at 7:00 PM, ET, Hamptons Observatory and co-host Suffolk County Community College will present a free, virtual lecture by Dr. Margaret Dominguez, a NASA engineer since 2008. In her talk, “NASA’s Mission: Exploring the Universe,” she will discuss the evolution of NASA’s astronomical space telescopes and the extraordinary discoveries they have made. You’ll learn how missions such as the Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory, James Webb Space Telescope, and the upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope have transformed our understanding ...

SILENT SKIES

By Mirosław Wójcik posted 9 days ago

Image details: Peering through the dust Credit: ESO/Nogueras-Lara et al. https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2235a/ ––– |SILENT SKIES| Y ou may wonder why the skies are so silent… Perhaps that's why because they prefer peace than war This turned out to be later just a noise A peculiar song of the past than a symphony It was entitled in short CMBR * , not quite finely Thus, something is yet heard, albeit we expect more For instance, a kind of signal from Dyson's sphere However, there's perhaps the reason why skies keep silence … Mirosław Wójcik | ...

Astronomers Without Borders Enters an Exciting New Chapter with Associated Universities Inc.

By Andrew Fazekas posted 9 days ago

Astronomers Without Borders Enters an Exciting New Chapter with Associated Universities Inc. AWB’s mission of connecting people around the world through astronomy will continue and grow as part of the nonprofit Associated Universities Inc. (AUI). New Phase For years, Astronomers Without Borders (AWB) has united people across cultures, countries, and continents through a shared sense of wonder about the night sky. Through initiatives such as Global Astronomy Month, international observing events, and the highly successful Eclipse Glasses Recycling Program, which redistributes donated eclipse glasses to communities around the world, AWB ...

DESCENDANT OF DAVID FABRICIUS (1564-1617) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 9 days ago

DESCENDANT OF DAVID FABRICIUS (1564-1617) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . The constellation Cetus or the Whale made me think about the fact that sometimes things repeat themselves in different forms. Yes, for Captain Ahab, the white whale Moby-Dick was what the variable star Mira Ceti (the first of its kind reported in history) had been for the astronomer David Fabricius! #poetry

MEDITATIONS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM By Andrei Dorian Gheoghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 10 days ago

NATIVE ASTRO-TOURISTS . If the Sun could be a travel agency, he should be happy that he has billions of people as customers walking around him. . SATELLITES . With so many artificial satellites, sky lovers should change soon their traditional greeting from "clear sky" to "clean sky". . SYSTEMS . I don't like to be confused, angry or scared, especially by the negligence, ignorance and arrogance of some people. That's why when someone tells me "take care of your nervous system" I answer him "take care of your solar system." #poetry

enSEÑAme astronomía, un proyecto con la comunidad sorda en México / enSEÑAme astronomia, a project with the deaf community in Mexico

By Anaely Pacheco Blanco posted 11 days ago

Español primero, Inglés después / Spanish first, English later: Les quiero compartir que durante este 2026 realizaremos la segunda etapa del proyecto enSEÑAme astronomía el cual trabaja con la comunidad sorda en México, en particular para las sesiones presenciales en Puebla. Con este proyecto buscamos hacer más accesibles e inclusivas las áreas STEM iniciando por la Astronomía. Durante esta segunda etapa crearemos señas nuevas en Lengua de Señas Mexicana (LSM) que NO existen para alrededor de 50 conceptos de Astronomía. También realizaremos videos en LSM explicando el concepto. Con esto tendremos un glosario de Astronomía en LSM que estará disponible ...

THE DAY OF THE GREAT ECLIPSE (USA, 2024) – 9 By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 15 days ago

BACK TO DALLAS Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . We caught the sunset on the way, then heavy storm clouds appeared. But we already felt protected, as if by a miraculous wall, through the memory of the Great American Eclipse! . #poetry

THE DAY OF THE GREAT ECLIPSE (USA, 2024) – 8 By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 17 days ago

TOTALITY Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . A total solar eclipse allows you, among unique emotions, to appreciate the Moon more. I wanted to poetically photograph the eclipse, with the camera in hand. Not depending on a fixed telescope, I also felt free to photograph the planets Venus and Jupiter, awakened as if from sleep in the middle of the day. Then it seemed to me that the total eclipse of the Sun had settled on the T-shirt of a lazy spectator. . #poetry

A Lunar Eclipse

By Clarence G. Underwood posted 17 days ago

A Lunar Eclipse . A Lunar Eclipse By Clarence G. Underwood . .A lunar eclipse is great to see. As the bright full moon darkens It means the light is leaving it, But then, there is this flash of red And there I see, that bright blood Color which surrounds it. Oh You the moon, you enchanted Object in the sky! You have moved To a place where the Earth hides you From the radiant sun in your sky. The Light that now reaches you is filtered By the earth. With the kaleidoscope Type of view multiple colors have Emerged. As the eclipse did progress The beautiful colors disappeared. Now From a brief darkness your gray white ...

THE DAY OF THE GREAT ECLIPSE (USA, 2024) – 7 By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 18 days ago

WHAT A SHOW! Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . Under the eclipse, lights and shadows so special on Earth as in a life in superlatives. . #poetry

THE DAY OF THE GREAT ECLIPSE (USA, 2024) – 6 By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 19 days ago

CLOSE TO TOTALITY Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . Some people wanted to photograph the great phenomenon in a technical way, and others wished just to look at it. I wonder how many of them thought to dedicate to the eclipse a poem? . #poetry

Star Party, Sri Lanka - 2026

By B.G. Eranga Thilina Jayashantha posted 21 days ago

The Largest Astronomical project in Sri Lanka for High-School students. 20 th Consecutive Year - 2026 Star Party, Sri Lanka is the Largest High-School level Astronomical event in Sri Lanka and it is organized annually by Anandian Astronomical Association and Astronomical Society of Mahamaya Girls' College, Kandy which are the pioneering schools of Sri Lankan high-school based Astronomy. Every year, the event is held on a specific day at Peradeniya University premises for 15 hours overnight. Star party, Sri Lanka the event has a legendary history of 19 years which has been associated with its quality and the objectives. The event consists of ...

FOR SURE

By Mirosław Wójcik posted 22 days ago

Image details: Infrared VISTA view of a stellar nursery in Monoceros Credit: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1039a ––– |FOR SURE| I s there, for sure, nothing new in the vast and uncharted space…? The immensity of numbers constantly sparkling our imagination; sounds a thought-provoking answer Looking back, however, we'll probably never be able to appease the curiosity It, essentially, triggers the progress but simultaneously can be very fatal too After all, we aren't willing to withdraw from the path once entered ...

THE DAY OF THE GREAT ECLIPSE (USA, 2024) – 5 By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 22 days ago

A PARADOX Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . The Moon slowly eclipsing the Sun. The eclipse increasingly illuminating the souls of people. . #poetry