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 ...
Throughout much of January and February, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will be visible splayed out in a long arc across the heavens, with Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn ...
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 ...
Both Venus and Saturn will be in the Aquarius constellation, the water bearer, during their close approach. To help spot it, ...
Venus and Saturn will be in conjunction this weekend, appearing side by side in the night sky during January's post-sunset ...
So I grabbed my camera, ran outside, and looked up just as Mars was supposed to emerge from the Moon's curved horizon. Seen ...
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.