Celestial Events

This Season's Celestial Events

BY: ARCADIA PAPALSKI

APRIL & MAY 2014 April 8 - Mars at Opposition April 15 - Full Moon April 15 - Total Lunar Eclipse April 22, 23 - Lyrids Meteor Shower April 29 - New Moon April 29 - Annular Solar Eclipse May 5, 6 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower May 10 - Saturn at Opposition May 10 - Astronomy Day Part 1 May 14 - Full Moon May 24 - Possible Meteor Storm May 28 - New Moon

If you want to know more about astronomy, see the following links for more information and in depth descriptions of astronomical events:

http://www.seasky.org/astronomy/astronomy-calendar-2014.html http://www.nasa.gov/

Here’s an interesting read! To learn about the 715 “planet candidates” that were recently discovered, click the link below: 715 New Planets Were Just Discovered (and Some May Be Habitable for Life) by: Tom McKay h t t p : / / w w w . p o l i c y m i c . c o m / articles/83613/715-new-planets-werej u s t-d i s c o v e r e d-a nd-s o m e-m ay-b ehabitable-for-life