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These are the three astronomical events of 2026, 2027 and 2028

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Spain has three impact astronomical events in the next three years, and we are going to tell you When and what are the three solar eclipses like? that we can see from our country. These will be scheduled in 2026, 2027 and 2028, and we will tell you in advance so you can plan a trip if you want to see it. What we are going to do in this article is summarize the dates and times in which these eclipses will take place in Spain, so that you can prepare yourself. Then, as each date approaches we will make another article specifying the data for each of them. Total solar eclipse of 2026 The total solar eclipse that we will have in 2026 will take place on August 12. It will begin at 17:34 in the Bering Sea and end at 21:58 in the Atlantic Ocean. It will begin to be seen in Spain at 7:30 p.m. in A Coruña, and about 7 or 9 minutes later it will begin to be seen in Madrid. Its strip of totality will cross the Iberian Peninsulaand we can see them in numerous provincial capitals from A Coruña to Palma, including Lugo, Oviedo, León, Zamora, Valladolid, Palencia, Segovia, Burgos, Soria, Santander, Bilbao, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Logroño, Guadalajara, Cuenca, Zaragoza, Teruel, Lleida, Tarragona, València and Castelló de la Plana. Total solar eclipse of 2027 The total solar eclipse that we will have in 2027 will take place on August 2. It will begin at 9:30 in the Atlantic, and will end in the Indian Ocean at 14:43. The eclipse will begin to be seen at 9:34 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and ten minutes later in both Madrid and Melilla. In this case, Egypt will be the country in the world where it can be seen best, although in the south of Spain and specifically in areas of the Strait We will be able to see it almost in its entirety. In Melilla there will be a total eclipse around 10:52. Total solar eclipse of 2028 The total solar eclipse that we will have in 2028 will take place on January 26. It will begin at 1:06 p.m. in the Pacific, and will end at 7:8 p.m. in Spain. It will begin to be seen at 10:34 in A Coruña, and shortly after in Madrid, passing through Tenerife first, although in none of these places it will be complete. On this occasion, the eclipse will cross most of the south of the peninsula, and also the east, with a strip of totality that will pass through Huelva, Seville, Córdoba, Albacete and the south of Castellón. In Xataka | Half of Spain waits expectantly for the historic eclipse of August 2026. The authorities are already thinking about the problems

Astronomical RAM prices are bad news for everyone, but especially for Apple

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RAM memory prices have skyrocketed between 100% and 400% in just six months. 32 GB kits that cost $95 in the summer now cost $400. There are stores in the United States that They have removed the prices from the shelves and communicate them at the checkout, as if it were lobster on Christmas Eve. Why is it important. RAM prices have skyrocketed between 100% and 400% in just a few months. Samsung and SK Hynix have committed 40% of all global production to Stargate, OpenAI’s infrastructure. The three manufacturers that control 93% of the market prioritize servers over consumption. TrendForce has predicted that Entry-level smartphones will return to 4 GB of RAM in 2026. Budget laptops will stay stuck at 8 GB. For the first time in decades, specifications are not improving but going backwards. The paradox. The scarcity is caused by AI, but that same scarcity is going to undermine our ability to use local AI. Data centers take up all the memory to train huge models, but users won’t be able to run those models on their computers because much-needed RAM has exploded, so we’ll have the same, or less. Main loser. Apple has the most to lose in this scenario. Meta, Google and Microsoft can use the cloud for their models as they have been doing until now, but Apple has been betting heavily on local AI for two years as a great differentiator: models that run on your device, privacy by design and processing without depending on servers. The entire narrative of Apple Intelligence It is built on having enough RAM and local computing power. The iPhones They have been increasing their RAM precisely to run Apple Intelligence smoothly, closing the RAM gap between base and Pro models. Macs with Apple Silicon They have normalized 16 GB, after many years stuck at 8 GB, as the base in all models. The impossible dilemma. Apple has financial muscle and preferential contracts that allow it to get memory when others cannot. But that doesn’t solve your fundamental problem: you have two options and neither are good. You can maintain specifications and raise prices, but there is a limit to what the market will tolerate. Or you can start cutting RAM, but that means compromising just the competitive advantage you’ve been selling for two years. Between the lines. Other manufacturers can adapt by lowering specifications without breaking their value proposition too much. Samsung can put 6 GB in a mid-range Galaxy and still function the same: its AI depends on the Google cloud. But Apple has committed to an architecture that requires powerful devices in the user’s hands. And those devices are now much more expensive to manufacture. Private Cloud Computing It is a help, but it does not change the local narrative. The unexpected turn. Apple Intelligence may end up being much more expensive than Apple had planned. Not because the technology is expensive, but because the raw materials to execute it have become a scarce commodity. Apple is probably the company best positioned to weather this crisis due to its purchasing power (as we already saw with the semiconductor crisis due to the pandemic), but it is also the one that has the most to lose strategically. Apple chose a different path than its competitors precisely when that path was about to become prohibitively expensive. Cloud AI scales with servers you can rent or expand. Local AI scales only if each user has powerful hardware, and that hardware just got wildly expensive. In summary. For the first time in years, Apple does not control the key variables of its strategy. You can pay more than anyone else for memory, but you can’t change the fact that only three companies manufacture it or that those companies prefer to sell to OpenAI and company rather than to mobile and laptop manufacturers for the consumer market. The era of cheap memory is over, and among its many consequences is also the economic viability of Apple’s great differentiating bet. In Xataka | The RAM crisis is so extreme that it has achieved what seemed unthinkable: Apple’s memories are “cheap” Featured image | Georgiy Lyamin

Sam Altman does not take well to being asked about OpenAI’s astronomical losses

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OpenAI has a serious liquidity problem. Earn a lotbut they are crumbs compared to what you need to enter. The numbers don’t come out, but that hasn’t stopped them from signing millionaire agreements. Brad Gerstner, an OpenAI investor and podcaster, asked Sam Altman about this problem and it seems he wasn’t amused. Defensive. They tell it in Futurism“How can a company with $13 billion in revenue commit to spending $1.4 trillion? You’ve heard the criticism, Sam,” asked Brad Gerstner on his podcast, which incidentally also included Satya Nadella listening intently to the exchange. Altman’s response was to become defensive: “If you want to sell your shares, I will find a buyer for you. Enough is enough.” The interviewer laughed it off, and Altman continued in a soft but clearly sarcastic tone: “There are many people who speak with great concern about our products and who would be happy to buy shares.” Click on the image to see the publication in X. Figures. OpenAI recently achieved a $500 billion valuationbecoming the most valuable private company in the world. Not only is it the most valuable, it has signed agreements with some of the most important tech companies such as NVIDIA, amd, Broadcom and just yesterday with amazon. Not only is it valuable, it The tech industry has tied its destiny to that of OpenAI. If it fails, the consequences can be catastrophic. Losses. Brad Gerstner is not at all wrong when he asks Altman about the inconsistency between his company’s expenses and profits. A few days ago, Microsoft presented its results and, given that they own 27% of OpenAI, in The Register They calculated how much money Altman’s company had lost in the last quarter. The figure is dizzying: 11.5 billion in just 90 days. It’s something to be worried about. For profit. After months of rumors about a impending divorcefinally Microsoft and OpenAI signed a kind of separation of assets. In parallel, OpenAI finally achieved his desired goal: finally become one for profit company. This measure gives them more flexibility to collaborate with third parties and make new rounds of investment. More wood. Despite the more than justified doubts about the astronomical spending on AI, the big technology companies announced a few days ago that They were going to spend even more than they planned. Investors are worried, and if not, tell Zuckerberg, who despite achieving record income, saw how its shares fell 8%. Question of faith. Sam Altman shares the same optimism and, responding to Gerstner, states that “revenues are growing rapidly (…) we are making an open bet that they will continue to grow.” Curious that he doesn’t give any figures to back it up. Image | TechCrunch, Flickr (License CC BY 2.0) In Xataka | The world of AI has a problem: there is no energy for so many chips

A third of Spain will be completely dark for one or two minutes. The astronomical event of the century is approaching

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We still have the healthy envy of seeing the Spectacular images of the total solar eclipse that toured Mexico, the United States and Canada just over a year ago. It was an event that paralyzed a continent, especially in the so -called “totality strip”, the areas that were completely dark. Well, the next great cosmic appointment has Spain as a global protagonist. And we will not have to wait long. August 12, 2026. In just over a year the first total visible solar eclipse will take place since 1905, a unique opportunity in more than a century. Together with Iceland, which will enjoy 58 seconds of totality, we will be the only country in the world that can see all the phases of the eclipse. And let’s be sincere: in the middle of August, our possibilities of having clear skies are considerably greater than those of the Icelanders. Context. A total eclipse occurs when the moon aligns perfectly between the sun and the earth, projecting a shadow that immerses the lucky ones in a twilight darkness in the middle of the day. In the 2026 event, this shadow, the strip of totality, will have about 300 kilometers wide and will cross Spain from west to east, from Galicia to the Balearic Islands. The autonomous communities that will be under the shadow cone of the totality are Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, Castilla y León, the Basque Country, La Rioja, Aragón, Catalonia, the Valencian Community and the Balearic Islands. Madrid will be right on the edge, with a fleeting totality in the north of the region. But the rest of the country will not stay empty and witness a very partial partial eclipse, with a coverage of more than 90% (and up to 74% in the Canary Islands, with Lanzarote as the island with better seats for the show). Almost two minutes. An essential tool to plan the observation of the eclipse to the millisecond is the Xavier Jubier interactive map. This resource is the gold standard for eclipses hunters because it allows you to click anywhere on the map to obtain the exact hours of each phase, the duration of the totality, the altitude of the sun in the area … The eclipse will start just before sunset. The totality phase will take place around 20:30 (summer peninsular time), with the sun already very low on the horizon. This turns observation into a race to counterreloj against sunset. In cities like Oviedo, the totality will last 1 minute and 48 seconds, only a few more moments in Burgos, León or the Island of Mallorca, which is emerging as one of the most tourist places where to see the eclipse (with the disadvantage that the sun is put before in the peninsular northwest). Safety first. As much as I tempt us, look directly in the sun, even partially eclipsed, can cause permanent eye damage. During all partial phases (before and after the totality), it is necessary to wear certified glasses to see eclipses or indirect methods to observe it. For the rest, it will be enough to look for a high observation place, with a horizon clear of mountains or buildings to the west so as not to miss the one that will undoubtedly be the astronomical event of the century. In Xataka | Mars eclipses are ridiculous compared to ours. The reason is an extraordinary numerical chance

The main astronomical events of March 2025 and where will they be seen

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After the month of February and that unique opportunity to see a historical planetary alignment, it is the turn of March. Total lunar ellipse, equinox and a surprise with mercury. As we always say, prepare your team, be it a simple camera either telescopebecause the month is really exciting. Growing fourth moon Event where The increase in lunar lighting will already be a constant As for visibility from Earth, on a path to the full moon. When it will be: March 6 Where will you see: around the world Maximum elongation east of mercury The time comes where the planet closest to the sun will be visible on the horizon during dusk of this day. Mercury will be at a distance of about 18.2º of the Sun when it is hidden on the horizon. When it will be: March 8 Where will you see: around the world Full moon and total eclipse One of THE “MOMENTS” OF THE MONTH. The first eclipse of the year will be a Total lunar eclipse. The so -called Full Moon of the worm will become red like blood for 65 minutes. When it will be: March 14 Where will you see: It will be visible from North America and part of South America and, partially, from the rest of the continent and from Europe, as well as from Africa, Asia and Oceania. Neptune in solar conjunction On March 19, Neptune will be in its closest point to the sun In heaven. The planet will be only 1 ° 15 ‘from the Sun, which means that Neptune will be completely non -non -observable for several weeks, lost in the Sun’s glow. By the way, in astronomy, solar conjunction is a heavenly configuration in which an object has an elongation of almost 0 °, which means that it is in the same heavenly length as the sun. When it will be: March 19 Where will you see: worldwide. Equinox The time comes when None of the hemispheres of the earth is inclined towards or contrary to the sun. The night and day They will distribute the duration of the day. At 09:58, peninsular time (08:58 UTC), the rotation axis will be parallel to our orbit and the sun will be placed over Ecuador, starting spring in the northern hemisphere. When it will be: March 20 Where will you see: worldwide. Luna Fourth Mongant The last lunar phase. When it will be: March 22 Where will you see: worldwide. New moon and partial solar eclipse The moment the satellite will cross its less luminous phase and will lose sight of the “back” to our sun. When it will be: March 29 Where will you see: It will be visible from a good part of Europe, especially northeast. From Spain will be Galicia the autonomous community that can best appreciate this partial solar eclipse. Image | Starryearth In Xataka | Total Luna eclipse of March 2025: When is it and how you can see it from Spain In Xataka | NASA’s most powerful computer has just detected something strange: there is a spiral structure surrounding the solar system

the main astronomical events of February 2025 and where will they be seen

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February is the shortest month of the year, but in an astronomical key it cannot be said that it is not loaded with events. The moon and its phases, a meteor rain and, above all, a planetary alignment that you cannot miss. As we always say, prepare your team, be it a simple camera either telescopebecause the month is really exciting. Growing fourth moon Event where The increase in lunar lighting will already be a constant As for visibility from Earth, on a path to the full moon. When it will be: February 5 Where will you see: around the world Pico de Meteoros Alpha Centaurids Will reach its peak at night from February 8 to 9, producing up to 6 “fleeting stars” per hour. When it will be: February 8 Where will you see: The conditions, apparently, are not favorable. If you are in the southern hemisphere, there is a good possibility that the radiant of the Alfa Centáurids is always above the horizon for you, which means that the meteor rain will be visible all night. The best moment: in the hours before dawn, when the moon has already put on. Full moon The fullness of the moon It will actually arrive near noonat 14:55, peninsular time (CET), 13:55 UTC. When it will be: February 12 Where will you see: worldwide. Luna Fourth Mongant The last lunar phase. When it will be: February 20 Where will you see: worldwide. Planetary alignment On the night of February 28 we will have the extremely unusual opportunity to see Up to seven planets in the sky. Namely, from west to this: Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars. Except in the case of Uranus and Neputono, all will be visible in full view if the weather conditions allow it. To see the (distant) ice planets, good binoculars or a small telescope is enough. When it will be: February 28 Where will you see: worldwide. New moon The moment the satellite will cross its less luminous phase and will lose sight of the “back” to our sun. When it will be: February 28 Where will you see: around the world Image | Pxhere In Xataka | The new telescopes are taking us to places that we did not even imagine: comets orbiting other stars In Xataka | In a stroke, James Webb has just discovered 44 new stars. The surprising: they are almost 6,500 million light years

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