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Mar 19, 2024 5:44 AM CDT

Our Spring Equinox Is Arriving

The astronomical season begins at 11:06pm Eastern

(Newser) - Spring is upon us—officially, at least. The vernal equinox arrives on Tuesday night, marking the start of the spring season for the Northern Hemisphere. For the record, the equinox will occur at 11:06pm Eastern, per CBS News . The Southern Hemisphere will usher in autumn, per USA Today . Beyond...

We're Getting a Harvest Moon
on Friday the 13th

Sep 12, 2019 12:57 PM CDT

We're Getting a Harvest Moon on Friday the 13th

That's a fairly rare occurrence

(Newser) - If you're one of those people who starts getting excited for all things autumn and Halloween as soon as Labor Day is over, this should get you really excited: This year's harvest moon occurs Friday, which just so happens to be Friday the 13th. The harvest moon is...

Last Supermoon of the Year Arrives Wednesday

Here Comes the
Last Supermoon
of the Year

Mar 19, 2019 10:51 AM CDT

Here Comes the Last Supermoon of the Year

It arrives on Wednesday

(Newser) - It'll be the first reunion of its kind in 38 years. March's full moon arrives Wednesday, the same day as the spring equinox, reports CNN . The last time that happened was in 1981. Called a supermoon because it will be at its closest approach to Earth on its...

A Rod, a Shadow,
and a Theory for
Egypt's Almost-
Perfect Pyramids

NEW STUDY

Feb 20, 2018 9:30 AM CST

A Rod, a Shadow, and a Theory for Egypt's Almost- Perfect Pyramids

Archaeologist thinks it could be tied to the fall equinox

(Newser) - Scientists have long puzzled over how the ancient Egyptians built the Great Pyramid of Giza (aka the Pyramid of Khufu) with such "extreme precision," per Live Science . This Wonder of the World is lined up with the compass points "with an accuracy of better than four minutes...

Surfing Amazon's
Giant Waves Is a
Thing of Past

Nov 27, 2016 12:53 PM CST

Surfing Amazon's Giant Waves Is a Thing of Past

Man-made influences are being blamed

(Newser) - As the sun crosses the Equator during the fall and spring equinoxes in September and March, strong gravitational and lunar pulls trigger tidal bores around the world as the flow of nearby rivers reverses and the water grows turbulent. Along Brazil’s remote Araguari River in the Amazon, this created...

Get Ready for Pumpkin Spice Everything: Fall Is Here

Winter Is Coming, but
First Let's Welcome Fall

Sep 22, 2016 11:22 AM CDT

Winter Is Coming, but First Let's Welcome Fall

Because we're now in it

(Newser) - An eventful day on the equinox front: We've entered autumn, as of 10:21am EDT, per National Geographic . That means that Sept. 22 will see 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night in the Northern Hemisphere, and our part of the Earth will start to lean further...

Tomorrow's Rare
Eclipse: Beginning
of Armageddon?

Mar 19, 2015 1:19 PM CDT

Tomorrow's Rare Eclipse: Beginning of Armageddon?

Superstitions abound as solar eclipse, supermoon, and equinox collide

(Newser) - Three astronomical events are happening tomorrow, and depending on whom you talk to and how superstitious they are, it's either going to be a day filled with good luck or a pretty terrible one. A rare solar eclipse/supermoon/vernal equinox combo will be taking place, with prime eclipse viewing spots...

Earliest Spring
Since 1896 Is Here

Mar 20, 2012 5:47 AM CDT

Earliest Spring Since 1896 Is Here

Vernal equinox brings early first day of spring

(Newser) - Spring has sprung at its earliest in more than a century. At 1:14am EDT today, the sun's path across the sky intersected with the celestial equator, marking the spring equinox and the start of springtime—in an astronomical sense—in the northern hemisphere, and the beginning of fall...