Bizarre New Incident: NY GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Lee Zeldin Confronted By Flat Earther Bizarre New Incident: NY GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Lee Zeldin Confronted By Flat Earther
Bizarre New Incident: NY GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Lee Zeldin Confronted By Flat Earther Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for governor of New York, has confirmed that he’s squarely in the camp of those who believe that planet Earth is, in fact, round. The incident came just one day after Zeldin was attacked by a man with a pointed weapon at a campaign rally near Rochester. During a campaign stop the following day in Watertown on Friday, July 22, Zeldin was confronted by a man who identified himself as a Navy veteran before saying that he believed the planet is “truly flat and motionless” and that “NASA uses CGI animation” to fool everyone. Earlier…
Super 'Blood Moon' Eclipse To Rise Over East Coast Super 'Blood Moon' Eclipse To Rise Over East Coast
Super 'Blood Moon' Eclipse To Rise Over East Coast Mother Nature is threatening to deprive East Coasters of a rare sight that hasn’t been seen in the US in decades. On Sunday, May 15, the sun, earth, and moon will create a total lunar eclipse, creating a full flower “blood” red moon, though the weather could throw a wrench in nature’s plans. During the eclipse, the moon will turn a deep shade of red before fading into near-complete darkness and then brightening back to its familiar shade approximately an hour later. "A lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, earth, and moon align so that the moon passes into Earth’s shadow,” according to NASA…
Geminids Meteor Shower Peaks This Week: Here's When To Watch Geminids Meteor Shower Peaks This Week: Here's When To Watch
Geminids Meteor Shower Peaks This Week: Here's When To Watch It's almost the peak time to view the Geminids meteor shower, with hundreds of meteors set to blaze across the night sky.  Skyandtelescope.org reported that the meteor shower is set to peak between the night of Monday, Dec. 13, and the morning of Tuesday, Dec. 14. Up to 120 meteors could be visible each hour from a perfectly dark area, the website said.  NASA reported that the meteor shower will be active until Friday, Dec. 17, but the best time to view it is during the peak. Since the moon will be nearly 80 percent full during the peak, it may be a bit harder to see the meteors…
Here's When You Can Catch Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse In 580 Years Here's When You Can Catch Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse In 580 Years
Here's When You Can Catch Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse In 580 Years The longest partial lunar eclipse in centuries will soon be visible in the United States.  The Beaver moon lunar eclipse will take place in the early hours of Friday, Nov. 19, and it will be the longest partial lunar eclipse in 580 years, according to the Holcomb Observatory.  The observatory said the partial eclipse will last for three hours and 28 minutes, and the total duration of the eclipse will be six hours and one minute.  LONGEST PARTIAL ECLIPSE of the CENTURY to occur in the Pre-dawn hours of November 19th. Maximum eclipse is at 4:03 AM EST when 97% of the Moon will be eclipse…
Here's When To Watch Last Supermoon Of 2021 Here's When To Watch Last Supermoon Of 2021
Here's When To Watch Last Supermoon Of 2021 The first full moon of the summer, which is also known as the Strawberry Moon, will also be the last supermoon of the year. According to NASA, June’s first full moon will become completely full at approximately 2:40 p.m. on Thursday, June 24, and it will "moonrise" fully in the east at 8:53 p.m. on Thursday night.  The full moon will appear through Saturday, June 26. This will be the second and last supermoon of the year. Supermoons occur when the moon is at its closest point to Earth in its orbit, also known as perigee. In turn, the moon looks slightly bigger and brighter since …
Here's When To Watch First Total Lunar Eclipse In Two Years Here's When To Watch First Total Lunar Eclipse In Two Years
Here's When To Watch First Total Lunar Eclipse In Two Years In a potentially special event -- if viewing conditions cooperate -- the “Super Flower Blood Moon,” the first eclipse of the decade, will bring the moon closest to the Earth that it's been in at least two years. On Wednesday, May 26, the lunar eclipse will begin at 7:11 a.m. Eastern time and end at 7:26 a.m., but will be partially visible from 5:45 a.m. to 8:52 a.m. along the East Coast. According to NASA, over several hours, the Moon will pass through Earth's shadow, causing it to darken and usually become reddish in color. The full moon is called the "flower" moon in May because it's w…
Will 7th Try Be Lucky For NASA's East Coast Rocket This Weekend? Will 7th Try Be Lucky For NASA's East Coast Rocket This Weekend?
Will 7th Try Be Lucky For NASA's East Coast Rocket This Weekend? Countdown, engines on.  NASA is hopeful that its seventh scheduled rocket liftoff in eight days will be its luckiest. Look to the Southeast for a swiftly-moving object with a green-violet vapor trail starting at 8:10 p.m. on Saturday, May 15. NASA announces its latest rocket launch planned for Saturday, May 15 at 8:10 p.m.Twitter @NASA Wallops After canceling six liftoffs, NASA’s rocket launch has been rescheduled at Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia and should be visible in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York weather-permitting.  Strong winds and a mechanical launcher is…
NASA's East Coast Rocket Launch Will Be Visible In NY NASA's East Coast Rocket Launch Will Be Visible In NY
NASA's East Coast Rocket Launch Will Be Visible In NY UPDATE: Due to a mechanical concern during flight preparations, NASA's East Coast rocket launch has been postponed, for a sixth time, until Saturday, May 15. Need something uplifting? Look to the sky for a swiftly moving object with a green-violet vapor trail.  LAUNCH SCRUBBED ❗ Tonight's launch of the KiNET-X sounding rocket has been scrubbed due to cloudy skies in Bermuda and Wallops. The next launch opportunity will be no earlier than May 12, at 8:06 p.m. EDT. Backup days run through May 16. — NASA Wallops (@NASA_Wallops) May 12, 2021 After canceling five liftoffs, NASA’s rocket la…
Amazon Holding Online Career Fair For 33K New Jobs Centered In Four Cities, Including NY Amazon Holding Online Career Fair For 33K New Jobs Centered In Four Cities, Including NY
Amazon Holding Online Career Fair For 33K New Jobs Centered In Four Cities, Including NY Amazon hopes to dole out 33,000 corporate and tech careers, some to New York state residents, at an online career fair offering 20,000  free career coaching sessions from 1,000 Amazon recruiters.  The company's 2020 Career Day, which will be hosted virtually on Wednesday, Sept. 16., will give attendees the opportunity to learn about jobs available across the country in areas supporting Alexa, operations technology and Prime video.  The event, the company said, is designed for individuals at all levels of education and training, and jobseekers searching for work both within an…
COVID-19: State Tells Businesses, Malls To Install Systems That Can Filter Out Virus COVID-19: State Tells Businesses, Malls To Install Systems That Can Filter Out Virus
Covid-19: State Tells Businesses, Malls To Install Systems That Can Filter Out Virus Before reopening, malls in New York will be required to install new air filtration systems that can filter out novel coronavirus (COVID-19) particles. During a daily COVID-19 briefing on Monday, June 29 in Manhattan, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that new systems must be installed in malls that have a high Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV) such as High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters. The measure has also been advised for businesses, when possible. Cuomo said that COVID-19 particles are approximately .125 micron in diameter, and HEPA filters are designed to filter …
Pink Moon: Here's When You Can See Brightest, Largest Supermoon Of Year Pink Moon: Here's When You Can See Brightest, Largest Supermoon Of Year
Pink Moon: Here's When You Can See Brightest, Largest Supermoon Of Year The biggest and brightest pink moon of 2020 is on the horizon. The supermoon is set to appear on Tuesday, April 7, according to NASA, which will be approximately .1 percent closer to the Earth than last month’s full moon, making the illusion that this will be the biggest and brightest moon this year. The moon has been dubbed a “pink moon” by the Old Farmer’s Almanac because it “heralded the appearance of the moss pink, or wild ground phlox—one of the first spring flowers.” This will be the third supermoon of the year, and will be the largest of four consecutive supermoons, providing area r…
Area High School Senior Discovers Planet During NASA Internship Area High School Senior Discovers Planet During NASA Internship
Area High School Senior Discovers Planet During NASA Internship Three days into a summer internship at NASA, 17-year-old Scarsdale High School senior Wolf Cukier discovered a brand-new planet 1,300 light-years away. Using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, Cukier found a “circumbinary planet,” or a celestial object that orbits two stars. Cukier’s discovery came in June, but it was only brought to light this week by NASA at the 235th American Astronomical Society meeting in Honolulu. “I was looking through the data for everything the volunteers had flagged as an eclipsing binary, a sy…