The modern calendar has Roman Catholic roots. As the sun does not adhere exactly to the earthly calendar, leap days are ...

Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is just by looking up.

Join Dr. Lionel Crews from the University of Tennessee at Martin Astronomy Department and the Discovery Park education team ...

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Although Rabbi Jacobs’ article alludes to numerous other examples of scientific knowledge, let me conclude by examining a broader area which might be termed practical or applied astronomy.