Lyrids Meteor Shower Peaks Early Friday
By: Rob Borkowski on April 21, 2022 in Good Times, News to You
The early morning hours Friday will be clear, but with a mostly bright waning gibbous moon, making the peak of the Lyrids Meteor Shower a tough show to enjoy, but […]
Perseids Path: Pouring Predicted
By: Rob Borkowski on July 16, 2021 in News to You
The Perseids Meteor Shower, billed as the best summertime night sky event, is back as Earth hurtles through the debris left by Comet Swift-Tuttle each August, but RI weather this […]
Perseid Meteor Shower RI Timing: Tuesday, Aug. 18
By: Rob Borkowski on August 13, 2020 in Good Times
The Perseid Meteor Shower, nature’s annual late-summer spectacle, is past its peak (Aug. 11 – 12), but night owl timing, clear skies and a waning moon mean there’s still a good […]
Conimicut Throws Parade on 50th Apollo 11 Anniversary
By: Rob Borkowski on July 18, 2019 in Good Times
WARWICK, RI — Fifty years after the Apollo 11 mission landed Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon, Conimicut Village will host a celebratory parade honoring the event […]
Super Blood Wolf Moon View Threatened by Sunday Storm
By: Rob Borkowski on January 17, 2019 in Uncategorized
WARWICK, RI — The Super Blood Wolf Moon, a combination of three celestial events, should be visible throughout New England Sunday under fair weather conditions, but a winter storm Sunday […]
Super Moon, Lunar Eclipse Coincide Sunday Night
By: Rob Borkowski on September 26, 2015 in Good Times, News to You
If the weather is very kind to Rhode Islanders Sunday night, sky gazers will be treated to a rare combination “super moon” and total lunar eclipse, a Supermoon Eclipse – and CCRI’s Margaret Jacoby Observatory is open to the public for the event.
Need to Know Basics Oct. 28: Build, Boom, Balm
By: Rob Borkowski on October 29, 2014 in All Politics Are Local, Breaking News, Business
Warwick, RI – Good morning and welcome to Wednesday! Here is a list of notable notes for the day. Don’t bother with a sweater today, and thank goodness that the […]
Space Station Resupply Rocket Launch Visible Tonight
By: Rob Borkowski on October 28, 2014 in Good Times, News to You
Monday’s NASA launch of Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares rocket, with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station has been rescheduled to tonight, which means local skywatchers might still get a glimpse of it through partly cloudy skies.