The Great Texas Eclipse–April 8, 2024

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 that shadow sees the Moon block all of […]

Make Your own Solar Eclipse Viewer!

As we near the end of summer, we begin to look forward to the new school year! For some of us, the school year begins a bit early, and for others, it starts the very last Monday of August.   If you are looking for an end of summer celebration or a fun activity to […]

Sky Happenings: This Month’s Eclipse And Much, Much More!

  Total Solar Eclipse   The New Moon of Monday, August 21 casts its shadow onto the Earth, causing a total solar eclipse!  And this time, the Moon casts its shadow across the USA, allowing Americans to join in the experience much more easily than in recent memory.  (The last total eclipse visible form the contiguous […]


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