I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...
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By early March, Saturn, Mercury, and Neptune will move too close to the Sun to be seen. Venus will also gradually become less visible, leaving Jupiter, Mars, and Uranus as the last to linger in ...
A famous illustration of Saturn's moon Titan got it all wrong. Never mind -- what we imagine space to be, and what we know it ...
Mars will seem to disappear behind the full wolf moon Monday for many sky-gazers. Throughout January, also look up to see ...
Six planets will all be visible at once in the night sky this month, lined up across the sky—but one is set to disappear from view.
Both Venus and Saturn will be in the Aquarius constellation, the water bearer, during their close approach. To help spot it, ...
So I grabbed my camera, ran outside, and looked up just as Mars was supposed to emerge from the Moon's curved horizon. Seen ...
Venus and Saturn will be in conjunction this weekend, appearing side by side in the night sky during January's post-sunset ...
Mars will vanish behind January's full Wolf Moon tonight during an occultation event visible across North America.
Plus: Saturn’s moon Iapetus is visible, our Moon passes the bright star Spica, and Mars skims south of Pollux in Gemini in ...
Planetary alignments aren't rare, but they can be when they involve six of the eight planets in our solar system.