Events in Space
- Ablation: when the atmosphere melts away the surface of an incoming meteorite.
- Accretion: the accumulation of gas and dust into stars and planets.
- Aurora: glowing lights caused by interaction between a planet’s magnetic field and ionosphere.
- Conjunction: when two or more objects appear close together in the sky.
- Eclipse: the total or partial blocking of a celestial body by another as seen by an observer.
- Lunar eclipse: an eclipse where the earth travels between the sun and the moon, causing a shadow to cover the moon.
- Lunar month: the average time between either two new moons, or two full moons. A lunar month lasts for 29 days, 12 hours, and 44 minutes.
- Solar eclipse: an eclipse where the moon travels in front of the sun relative to the earth
- Solar flare: an eruption of gas in the sun’s photosphere.
