Perseids Meteor Shower
The Perseids are the most popular meteor shower as they peak on warm August nights as seen from the northern hemisphere. The Perseids are active from July 17 to August 24, peaking on August 12 - 13.
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Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is, according to the beliefs of numerous Churches, the bodily taking up of Mary, the mother of Jesus, into Heaven at the end of her earthly life. The analogous feast in the Eastern Churches is known as the Dormition of the Theotokos. In the churches that observe it, the Assumption is a major feast day, commonly celebrated on 15 […]
Labor Day (USA)
Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the first Monday in September in any given year (i.e. a single day from September 1 through September 7) to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of the United States. It is the Monday of the long weekend known as Labor Day Weekend. - […]
Frank Drake died, 2022 (b. 1930)
Frank Donald Drake (May 28, 1930 – September 2, 2022) was an American astronomer and astrophysicist. He was involved in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, including the founding of SETI.
Autumnal Equinox
Fall begins with the autumnal equinox - in the Northern Hemisphere, it's the September equinox; in the Southern Hemisphere, it is the equinox in March.
World Rosary Day – 7 October 2024
At the invitation of the Holy Father Pope Francis, ”Rome, Saint John Lateran, 11 February 2022, Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lourdes” we call upon the Confraternities of the whole world, especially Marian sodalities of the Holy Rosary, as well as Marian Congregations, Sanctuaries, Parishes and all Marian and Rosary prayer groups, Worldpriest […]
Sungrazer Comet Passing Close to the Sun
A comet. called a sungrazer, is passing VERY close to the Sun - right now!
Saturn 0.1°S of Moon
Saturn will pass within 0.1° of Saturn on this date.
Cassini probe launched, 1997
The Cassini mission to Saturn is one of the most ambitious efforts in planetary space exploration ever mounted. A joint endeavor of NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Italian space agency, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Cassini is a sophisticated robotic spacecraft orbiting the ringed planet and studying the Saturnian system in detail. Cassini […]
Big Bang Cosmology and Divine Creation: The New Physics and the Old Metaphysics – Rothermel Foundation Lecture
First Presbyterian Church, New Bern 400 New St., New Bern, NC, United StatesBr. Guy Consolmagno presents the concept of God as Creator is not tied to any particular cosmology, but has endured even as our scientific cosmologies have radically changed. The traditional Christian understanding of God is not merely as some force within nature, operating alongside gravity or electromagnetism at ‘time zero’ to start a universe. Rather, […]
Faith & Science – The Origins of the Universe
Br. Guy Consolmagno to speak at Faith AND Science workshop at the MAPS Air Museum
World Science Day for Peace and Development.
Celebrated every 10 November, World Science Day for Peace and Development highlights the significant role of science in society and the need to engage the wider public in debates on emerging scientific issues. It also underlines the importance and relevance of science in our daily lives. By linking science more closely with society, World Science […]
Northern Taurids Meteor Shower
Active from October 13th to December 2nd, 2021, peaks Nov 11-12th
An Evening With the Pope’s Astronomer
Saint Ignatius College Prep 1076 W. Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL, United StatesSpend an evening with Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ - Director of the Vatican Observatory 6PM Thursday Nov. 14, 2024 Cosponsored by Saint Ignatius College Prep and the Lumen Christi Institute Tully Hall - Saint Ignatius College Prep 1076 W. Roosevelt Road Chicago IL 60608-1594 RSVP to Christopher Kennedy: c.kennedy@vaticanobservatory.org
St. Albert the Great, Patron of Scientists.
Albertus Magnus , also known as Saint Albert the Great was born on this date in 1206
2024 Von Hügel Lecture – “Why Do We Look Up?” with Br. Guy Consolmagno
Br. Guy Consolmagno to give the 2024 Von Hügel Lecture at St Edmund's College
Giving Tuesday
Please help support our yearly outreach - giving astrophoto calendars to prison inmates.
Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Our Lady of Guadalupe (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe (Spanish: Virgen de Guadalupe), is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a series of five Marian apparitions in December 1531, and a venerated image on a cloak enshrined within the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. The basilica is the most visited Catholic pilgrimage […]
St. Lucia (Sweden), festival of light.
Saint Lucy's Day, also called Lucia Day or the feast of Saint Lucy, is a Christian feast day observed on 13 December. The observance commemorates Lucia of Syracuse, an early-4th-century virgin martyr under the Diocletianic Persecution, who according to legend brought food and aid to Christians hiding in the Roman catacombs, wearing a candlelit wreath on her head to light her way and leave her hands free […]
Winter Solstice
The winter solstice, also called the hibernal solstice, occurs when either of Earth's poles reaches its maximum tilt away from the Sun.
Ursids Meteor Shower
The Ursids peak just before Christmas with rates of 5-10 meteors per hour during the late morning hours.
Last Quarter Moon
The Moon is at Last Quarter (or Third Quarter) – rising around midnight, and visible to the south after sunrise.
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve is on December 24 and marks the culmination of the Advent period before Christmas that starts on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Eve. Many churches mark the end of Advent with midnight church services. During modern times, it is popularly celebrated on the night before Christmas Day. - National Today