By Jimmy Westlake, professor of physical science, Alpine Campus
It’s been nearly a year since the planet Venus graced our evening sky. Venus spent last spring, summer, and fall, as our morning star, rising in the east an hour or two before the sun. Then, on January 11, Venus passed behind the sun as viewed from Earth in an event called superior conjunction and officially entered our evening sky.
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By Jimmy Westlake, professor of physical science, Alpine Campus
After a remarkable two-year hiatus, sunspots are coming back. This prolonged sunspot minimum is the longest in a century and has kept solar astronomers on the edge of their seats. If recent activity is any indicator, then the sunspot minimum may be over at last.
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