Rising with the dawn are Jupiter, Venus and Mercury. By Dan Hicks Lead image: Waxing crescent moon setting with companions Spica and Mars at dusk…
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Mars and Regulus rendezvous in the western twilight
By Dan Hicks On June 17, Red Planet Mars and blue-white subgiant Regulus will come to within a degree of each other; their respective magnitudes…
Hungry Wolf Moon will consume storied Red Planet
By Dan Hicks A highlight of our January parade of planets is red planet Mars coming to within 5.3 light-minutes of our Blue Planet Earth…
Quadrantids, Mars and space alien encounters
By Dan Hicks I commend FM 107’s Dennis Walker for beginning our New Year referencing the Quadrantids, a notable meteor shower in our northern sky,…
Hoaxing the public with sky-high planetary hype
Our public broadcaster should switch its need for inanity from the night sky to unicorns. By Dan Hicks Lead image: Sky chart for Cranbrook on…
No planetary spectacle in tonight’s sky
By Dan Hicks Contrary to CBC Radio reporting – there will be no “planetary spectacle” in tonight’s sky (nor in any ensuing nights). I have excerpted the following basic planetary…
A magical cosmic happening tonight
By Dan Hicks Cold Moon Occults Mars, Geminid Meteors, Asteroids, and Incoming Comets Mars’ opposition is tonight (December 7) and coincidentally, our Cold Moon (December…
Mesmerizing Mars gets close and cozy with Earthlings tonight
By Dan Hicks November 30 is a big day for our neighbouring Red Planet. If those malevolent Martians are arranging an invasion, they will be…
A Harvest Moon and a rusty red planet
By Dan Hicks Lead image: A waxing gibbous moon shines through a leafy tree as it rises into a clear Cranbrook sky, only three days…
Our species has a job to do and better get to it soon
“Perceptions,” by Gerry Warner Op-Ed Commentary So, you don’t believe in climate change. You, of course are entitled to your opinions, but if you take…