Earth

The NASA mission’s main objective was to find as many near-Earth asteroids as possible especially those that could be potentially hazardous to our planet.

For years I have heard that during the Autumnal and Vernal Equinox you can actually balance an egg on a table since the Earth will be balanced equally between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Well, the Autumnal Equinox officially took place at 9:21 a...

I hope you have had the opportunity to view what they are calling the “supermoon” the last couple of days. I happened to see it Sunday night when it magically appeared over the right field fence at Q.U. Stadium while I was watching the Quincy Gems play baseball. It was quite a sight.

The long, crazy summer of 2013 will finally end Sunday at 3:44 CDT when the Autumnal Equinox arrives. So basically there are only two days when the sun crosses the Equator. One is the Vernal Equinox or first day of spring and the other is the Autumnal Equinox marking the first day of autumn.

This past weekend gave us the opportunity to view what they call the Super Moon. This full moon was called the Super Moon because the Moon was the closest it will be to Earth this year. The moon was 15,300 miles closer than usual and was only 221,802 miles from Earth last weekend.