I'm an award-winning journalist writing about the night sky and eclipses.
, is possible that you have already had a once in a lifetime experience where you live. However, the night sky has some spectacular sites, some of which will never happen again in your lifetime, but some that will—and some of them soon.It’s 14 years until a beautiful planetary conjunction—a so-called “golden conjunction”—when Mars, Mercury, Venus, Saturn and Jupiter all become visible in the same tiny 10-degree patch of the night sky.
For a supernova—the violent death of a massive star after a core-collapse—you may have to wait 100,000 years for Betelgeuse to reach its inevitable fate. Or it might be visible tomorrow. All scientists do know is that a supernova hasn’t been seen to explode in our Milky Way galaxy since the 17th century.Frequency: every 18 months and once every 366 years in any one place
If you live in the U.S. or Canada, you may have witnessed a total solar eclipse where you live—or close to it—earlier this month. That’s incredible celestial luck, but for those who can travel, it’s possible to see a total solar eclipse more frequently than you may think.
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