Meteorite impact on 8.3.2026
Yesterday on March 8, 2026, shortly before 7 p.m., many people observed a trail of light in the sky over several federal states. It turned out to be a meteor that had cleared the atmosphere.
Category: Object of the week
Trace of light in the night sky over Zweibrücken
Following the crash of two Starlink satellites, one of which was visible over parts of Germany, the suspected release of fuel from a rocket stage and another crash of parts of a SpaceX rocket, both of which also occurred over...
The partial solar eclipse of 29.03.2025
In the morning hours of March 29, a partial solar eclipse occurred, which could be observed in parts of North America, Greenland and Europe. A closed cloud cover was forecast for Zweibrücken that morning. The first signs...
Occultation of Saturn by the moon on 04.01.2025
In the early evening hours of January 4, 2025, a Saturday, Saturn will be occulted by the moon. After the occultation on August 21, 2024, this will be the last occultation until December 9, 2036.
Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
Now that the comet has passed its closest point to the sun, the perihelion, at a distance of 0.39 AU (approx. 58,353,000 kilometers) from the sun on 27.09.2024, more accurate predictions can be made. Shortly after the perihelion passage...
Mercury Saturn encounter captured by the SOHO satellite
In the afternoon hours of February 28, 2024, the innermost planet of our solar system, Mercury, and the sixth planet, the ringed gas giant Saturn, apparently met, and as this encounter took place close to the sun, the event was...
Long night of the planets
Object of the week_2022-44 A long night of the planets This time there are five objects at once, as all five outer planets are currently visible in the night sky. It starts, at dusk, with the ...