Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'astronomy'
March 10, 2008
So, you may have noticed it snowed this weekend. If you don't believe us, go check out the Toronto Star's website, where nine out of ten local stories are about the snow, people dealing with the snow, and celebrities talking about the snow. Notably absent among them: the probable cause for all of this snow. Rare meteor lands somewhere near Georgian Bay. This would as opposed to the common, everyday type of meteor that......
Continue Reading "It Snowed Some More, Rare Meteor Lands, and Clinton Loves Potential Clinton/Obama Ticket"February 20, 2008
Or it will be tonight between 10:00 and 10:51 p.m., when there will be a total lunar eclipse over Toronto (and various other cities North America and Western Europe, but 10 p.m. is when it’s happening here). Lunar eclipses may not be as apocalyptic and awe-inspiring as solar eclipses, but they do have the advantage of not blinding you if you stare at them. Also, if you catch one at just the right moment,......
Continue Reading "The Moon's Maroon"August 27, 2007
Starting at 4:51 on Tuesday morning, the moon will turn from white to red and signal the coming of the End of Days, when Satan shall return to torture you sinners for all eternity and the righteous will ascend to Heaven in rapture. Either that, or the Earth's shadow will fall upon the moon for about three and a half hours. Mid-eclipse happens for Torontonians at precisely 6:37 a.m., when the "blood moon" is......
Continue Reading "Eclipse, Not Apocalypse"