{"id":664324,"date":"2026-05-12T11:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/664324\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T11:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:29:08","slug":"celestial-events-light-up-saudi-reserve-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/664324\/","title":{"rendered":"Celestial events light up\u00a0Saudi reserve skies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tRAFAH:\u00a0The night skies of the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Royal Reserve are witnessing a series of astronomical phenomena throughout May, comprising 10 diverse cosmic events.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThese spectacles highlight the richness of the reserve\u2019s natural environment and reinforce its status as a promising destination for astronomy enthusiasts and researchers.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe phenomena began at the start of the month with the full moon on May 1, followed on May 4 by the moon\u2019s conjunction with the star Antares.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBetween May 5 and 8, the Eta Aquarids meteor shower was visible, while May 10 marked the last quarter moon.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe new moon will occur on May 16, followed on May 19 by its conjunction with Venus and on May 20 by its conjunction with Jupiter.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOn May 23, astronomers will witness two simultaneous events: the moon\u2019s conjunction with the star Regulus and the first quarter moon.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe cosmic series will conclude on May 27 with the moon\u2019s conjunction with the star Spica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RAFAH:\u00a0The night skies of the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Royal Reserve are witnessing a series of astronomical phenomena&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[49,48,66],"class_list":["post-664324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}