Every week, SkyNews publishes a post online of key events in the Canadian sky. From lunar eclipses to planetary conjunctions, This Week’s Sky keeps you updated on upcoming astronomical highlights. You can find the latest posts here.
Our columnist is Chris Vaughan — a science writer, geophysicist, astronomer, planetary scientist and an “outreach RASCal.” He also writes Astronomy Skylights, and you can follow him on Twitter at @astrogeoguy.
This month, Uranus completes its retrograde loop and resumes its eastward motion in the skies, and Mercury returns to view. Here’s more on the planetary events this month.
Weather report for December 21 got you down? See through the clouds — or at least commiserate — with RASC and Explore Scientific!
A total solar eclipse will be passing over parts of South America on December 14.
The Geminids promise to give a great show this year as the prolific meteor shower peaks during a new Moon.
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