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A close-up shot of a February 2024 calendar showing the 29th.

Observing, Solar System

Why do we have leap days? This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Exotic Objects, Science

Could you travel through a black hole? This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Observing, Planets, The Moon

Jupiter meets the Moon: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Science, Solar System

How life on Earth will end: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Galaxies, Milky Way, Science

How we found the Milky Way’s bar: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

The sandy red orb of Mars is shown against a black background. Numerous dark regions are scattered across its surface, and the bright, white northern polar ice cap is visible at the top of the image.

Science, Solar System

Where did Mars’ water go? This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Against a pitch black background, the Sun glows as a bright orange disk speckled with darker regions of sunspots and bright filaments of gas snaking across its surface and off of its edges.

How the Sun will die: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Observing, Upcoming Events

See Saturn skim past the Moon: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Observing, Upcoming Events

Catch the Quadrantids meteor shower: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Cosmology, Science

How large is the universe? This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Upcoming Events

Take in the Orion Nebula: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Upcoming Events

See the Geminids: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher