Astronomy and Space

Total Lunar Eclipses in Germany - Dates

In some days, it will happen again: a rare spectacle will take place at the sky and we are able to observe a lunar eclipse in Germany. Who does not...

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When will there be the next total solar eclipse in Germany?

I would like to know when we may experience the next total solar eclipse in the sky of Germany. An event that I would like to experience once in my...

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How much lighther are you on the moon?

It is said that one is much lighter on the moon than on earth. Even the heaviest of us earthlings is as light as a feather there. But how many times...

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Why do stars twinkle?

Sometimes I wonder, while looking in the romantic night sky, why it seems as if the stars were twinkling. If we assume, that the stars are distant...

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Why is Pluto no longer a planet?

Pluto is now no longer a planet. When I was in school, however, we still have learned that Pluto is a planet. Now I do not quite understand, how this...

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What is a light year?

If you have never heard about the term light year before, maybe you think that a light year is a time value. But this is not the case. The light year...

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Binomial Coefficient: Unfortunately, I have to disappoint you. At least for Germany, you have to wait a bit longer for that. The next dates for a total solar eclipse in...

Question | When will there be the next total solar eclipse in Germany?

Collin McNeil: You are six times lighter on the Moon than on Earth. In other words, if the scale on Earth shows 80 kilograms, the value on the moon would be only...

Question | How much lighther are you on the moon?

Binomial Coefficient: Another reason may lie in different air layers of varied warm temperature, breaking the light in different ways. Since the air is constantly changing...

Question | Why do stars twinkle?

Hungry for Knowledge: Between you, the observer on the earth and the distant stars, is an incredibly large distance. When you consider how many dust particles and veil of...

Question | Why do stars twinkle?

Albert E: Incidentally, there are many more "planets" like Pluto in our solar system, that we only have not discovered at the time, we called Pluto a planet,...

Question | Why is Pluto no longer a planet?

Chematik: Pluto has never really fitted quite right in the series of planets in our solar system. Pluto is too small, Pluto has an extremely elliptical orbit...

Question | Why is Pluto no longer a planet?