David Eicher
Editor-in-Chief at Astronomy Magazine
Editor-in-Chief of Astronomy magazine, author of 23 books on science and history, drummer, Green Bay Packer fan, Starmus Festival, Asteroid Day, fun.
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3 days ago |
astronomy.com | David Eicher
Skip to content In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out before sunrise and view brilliant Venus. The planet, which is only outshone by the Sun or the Moon, will lie low in the eastern sky. It will rise and hour or so before the Sun.
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1 week ago |
astronomy.com | David Eicher
Skip to content In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out and view a close grouping of planets in the early morning hours of April 21. That morning, you’ll be able to see Venus, Mercury, and Saturn low in the east. You won’t need a telescope or binoculars to view them, just use your eyes.
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2 weeks ago |
astronomy.com | David Eicher
Skip to content In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out and view the first major meteor shower of the spring, the Lyrids. Because more than one meteor shower originates from the constellation Lyra, these are the April Lyrids.
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3 weeks ago |
astronomy.com | David Eicher
From the editor: As the extraordinary pace of astronomical discovery carries on, we increasingly see that the stuff of life is spread throughout the cosmos. Life, even complex life, must be common out there. We know of several hundred billion stars in our galaxy, at least 100 billion galaxies, and planets around most of the stars we see. Yet despite the drumbeat of evidence, we still know of just one planet in the cosmos with life — the one you’re standing on.
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3 weeks ago |
astronomy.com | David Eicher
In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out and use just your eyes to make a giant figure out of some of the sky’s brightest stars. The Winter Hexagon is a six-sided figure whose end points include Sirius, the sky’s brightest star, along with three more of the top 10 brightest: Capella, Rigel, and Procyon.
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In this area and in part behind these rocks, the 20th Maine Infantry, led by Joshua Chamberlain, anchored the extreme Union left on the second day at Gettysburg. Their stubborn defense here prevented the Confederates turning the left and in part helped to save the Union. https://t.co/FF5QUWoHk8
This appears to be a simple shot of a road. And it is — US 30 three miles west of Gettysburg. On the horizon, on the morning of July 1, 1863, Confederate troops approached. Union troops opened fire with the first shots of the largest battle fought in the Western Hemisphere. https://t.co/eor7W6tFrR