Advertisements The morning planet parade continues as the three bright outer planets — Jupiter, Mars. and Saturn — shine from the southern sky this morning
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2018, February 25: Welcome Back, Venus!
Advertisements After many days of raining and cloudy weather, the sky cleared this evening to catch a view of Venus during bright evening twilight. Binoculars
Read more2018, February 12: Jupiter, Mars & Saturn
Advertisements After several days of cloudy, snowy weather, three planets and the moon shine in the early morning sky. Bright Jupiter is in the south,
Read more2018, February 8: NASA News, Tiny Crystal Shapes Get Close Look From Mars Rover
Advertisements Star-shaped and swallowtail-shaped tiny, dark bumps in fine-layered bright bedrock of a Martian ridge are drawing close inspection by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover. This
Read more2018, February 5: Jupiter, Mars and Saturn
Advertisements The three bright outer planets shine in a clear, cold sky this morning, Bright morning star Jupiter is in the southern skies. It is
Read more2018, February 2: Jupiter, Mars and Saturn
Advertisements Bright Jupiter, Mars and Saturn shine during morning twilight today. Jupiter is 6.1 degrees from Zubenelgenubi, the Southern Claw. The planet is slowly moving
Read more2018, January 31: Mount Sharp ‘Photobombs’ Mars Curiosity Rover
Advertisements A new self-portrait of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle on Vera Rubin Ridge, which it has been investigating for the past several
Read more2018, March 3: Venus – Mercury Conjunction
Advertisements Update, see the slide show of the conjunction below. Brilliant Evening Star Venus and bright Mercury shine during the evening twilight on the evening
Read more2018, January 30: NASA NEWS – Vista From Mars Rover Looks Back Over Journey So Far
Advertisements A panoramic image that NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took from a mountainside ridge provides a sweeping vista of key sites visited since the rover’s
Read more2018, January 26: Jupiter and Mars
Advertisements Bright Morning Star Jupiter and Mars shine from the southern sky this morning. The planets are 9.3 degrees apart. Mars continues its eastward march,
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