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Best solar eclipse seen from Puerto Rico in 19 years

The Caribbean Astronomy Society informed that you will need to use special glasses in order to safely enjoy the solar eclipse…

New images of Saturn are captured from Puerto Rico

The NASA spacecraft Cassini underwent a historic maneuver by completing 22 risky orbits between Saturn and its rings. Efrain…

Conference on discoveries in the search for extraterrestrial life

The Polytechnic university and the Caribbean Astronomy Society will host a conference to discuss solar eclipses and discoveries…

Arecibo observatory captures images of giant asteroid

Using the radio-telescope with the most powerful transmission capacity on the planet, astronomers at the Arecibo Observatory,…

Planets with two suns could be habitable

Many of the stars that we see are binary (double), curiously planets discovered in these two sun systems could be habitable.…

Stars crashing can be seen with the naked eye

The astronomy professor Larry Molnar from Calvin College in Michigan explained that it is predicted that when a binary star,…

Five comets get closer

2017 will be an interesting year for sky enthusiasts since various comets will be closing up to earth and will become visible…

Meteor Shower visible from Puerto Rico

The Caribbean Astronomical Society informed that there will be increased activity of Taurids meteors in the northern hemisphere…

Meteor seen above Cabo Rojo emitted sound

On July 12, members of the Astronomy Society of the Carribean (SAC) were able to observe and hear a briliant meteor in the…

Heart Shaped Sunspot spotted from Aguadilla

A huge heart shaped sunspot with at least two times the diameter of Earth was captured by camera from Puerto Rico. Efraín…

Spectacular image of San Juan taken from space

A new image taken at 4:00 pm on March 2, 2016 as the International Space Station was above Puerto Rico, shows the San Juan…

Planet Mars gets close to Earth

One of the astronomic events of the year will be the closeness between Mars and Earth on their respective orbits. Although Mars…