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The Sky This Week from November 11 to 18

Tuesday, November 15 With moonrise delayed till late this night, situations are excellent for observing Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) shortly after sundown. Nonetheless round...

Sky This Month: November 2022

Search for Neptune about 6.5° west-southwest of Jupiter, due south of the Circlet of Pisces. You possibly can spot the magnitude 7.7 planet...

Ask Astro: Why do the giant planets spin faster than the terrestrial

Why do the enormous planets rotate a lot sooner than the terrestrial planets in our solar system?  Jim Repass  Clinton, Washington  We nonetheless don’t totally perceive...

25 years ago: Cassini-Huygens launches for Saturn

Reaching for Saturn 9 occasions wider and 95 occasions extra large than Earth, Saturn is a hydrogen and helium behemoth that resides removed from...

See fall’s best Messier objects

It’s been six months since astronomy golf equipment across the globe hosted occasions for the Messier marathon. The aim of this single-night observing...

Sky This Month: October 2022

The 4 Galilean moons — Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto — orbit with durations of two to 16 days. Previous opposition, the moons...

Postcards from around the solar system

Lunar landscapes It may appear foolish to assign a lot price to the emotional energy of pictures made by future astronauts. Scientists will argue...

The Sky This Week from September 30 to October 7

Friday, September 30 Asteroid 4 Vesta lies close to M30, a densely packed globular cluster within the constellation Capricornus, tonight. The principle-belt world is...

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See 6 planets in late August and early September

See 6 planets earlier than dawn Possibly you’ve already seen Jupiter and Mars within the morning sky? They’re simply...

Voyager 2: Our 1st and last visit to Neptune

Reprinted from NASA. Voyager 2 passes by Neptune, 35 years in the past Thirty-five years in the past, on August...

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