Astronomers say viewing conditions promising for this year’s shower, and 50 to 100 meteors an hour may be visible The Perseid summer light show is back, and viewing conditions are especially promising across the northern hemisphere. The meteor shower is expected to peak on Wednesday night into Thursday morning, and...
‘You’re hit with a slam of shadow’: Nasa’s air mission to capture rare eclipse data
Two aviators will take off from Iceland to photograph the sun while flying at high altitude along solar eclipse’s path After lunch on Wednesday, two Nasa aviators will climb into a research plane and take off from Keflavik airport on a western tip of Iceland. They will climb north towards...