On Monday night, December 21, the planets Jupiter and Saturn will appear closer together in the night sky than they have on any night since March 4, 1226. At their closest alignment, the planets will be a tenth of a degree apart or roughly equivalent to the width of a dime held at arm’s length. Depending go the atmospheric conditions, the conjunction of the two planets may appear as a single bright object in the south-western sky, just after sunset.
The conjunction of the planets feels portentous. For skygazers with a clear horizon, it will be a once in a lifetime event. Given its relatively close proximity to the holiday, many are calling it the Christmas Star. As the conjunction falls on the winter solstice, some astrologers are heralding it as the beginning of a time of rebirth.
Severe weather off the east coast of Australia has left beaches in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales and on the Gold and Sunshine coasts covered in a thick layer of sea foam, attracting crowds of curious locals, and, at least potentially, venomous sea snakes. 
At roughly this point in the last sailing of the Vendee Globe in 2016-2017, 
Sail-assist propulsion on commercial ships is developing rapidly, featuring a range of technologies including rotor sails, rigid wing sails, ventilated turbo sails, and even conventional fabric sails.
Today, steel was cut for the first 
A year ago we 
Today, the first doses of the 
This is a wonderful half-hour documentary hosted by Tom Cunliffe about Jolie Brise. 
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) has reached a coal transport deal with Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc., which will use a 
The US Navy has selected 
Last week, the container ship ONE Apus 
The one-year-old, 14,000 TEU capacity container ship, 
On December 2, Initiatives-Coeur, being sailed by 
The US Navy has decided to scrap the amphibious assault ship 
For the last four years, the “Lost Colony” replica 16th-century ship