On April 8 2024, only ten days away, a Total Eclipse of the Sun will sweep over North America. On this long-awaited Eclipse Day, the Path of Totality is where you’ll want to be. It stretches all the way over North America, it’s about 170 km wide, so there’s lots of places you can go: […]
On April 8, 2024, a Total Eclipse of the Sun is coming to Newfoundland. This must-see event is so rare that I recommend taking the day off and driving into the Path of Totality to experience the spectacle for yourself. Long-time readers will have already marked this day as ‘Eclipse Day’ on their calendar, as […]
This week, Earth is moving through a cloudy trail of space dust left in our solar system ages ago. When Earth’s atmosphere hits this dust it looks like stars are shooting across the night sky: it’s the annual Perseid meteor shower! Here’s how to enjoy the show from Newfoundland: Get out of town, far away […]
If you ask me, the Geminid meteor shower is the best meteor shower of the year, and it’s here again tonight! Three ingredients for a great show are lining up: the sky will be moonless and dark, the weather forecast for eastern Newfoundland is cold and windy but mostly clear, and perhaps best of all, […]
For fans of shooting stars, tonight is likely the biggest night of the year: it is the peak-night of the annual Perseid meteor shower, and this time around viewing conditions are pretty much ideal! There’s no bright moon interfering with visibility and tonight’s weather forecast calls for blissfully clear skies over much of Newfoundland: this […]
On Monday August 21st (next week), there will be a Partial Solar Eclipse visible from Newfoundland. This eclipse has been widely covered in the news because a narrow strip of the United States will experience the event as a breathtaking Total Solar Eclipse. If you’re anywhere outside of the narrow ‘Path of Totality’ on Monday, the […]
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