Venus and Jupiter appear closer this evening. Beginning tomorrow, look one hour later because of Daylight Saving Time. For more information, see this month’s description
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Venus and Jupiter Tonight, March 9, 2012
The image above shows Venus and Jupiter at 6:25 p.m. CST on March 9, 2012. Watch the two get closer to each other during the
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Jupiter and Venus shine brightly this evening from the western sky in this digital photo taken from my backyard. Watch the two planets pass each
Read moreSky Watching, March 2012
Moon Phases: Full Moon — 3/8 Last Quarter — 3/14 New Moon — 3/22 First Quarter — 3/30 Daylight Saving Time begins for most states
Read moreVenus, Jupiter and the Moon, Feb 2012
There’s a bright “you shouldn’t miss this” event occuring during the late February, 2012. The objects are so bright that casual sky watchers can view
Read more50 Years: We Should Continue to Count!
NASA Photo Today is the 50th anniversary of John Glenn’s space flight. It was a different era, a time of competition for the high frontier. Three
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Orion, winter’s flagship constellation, is in the southern skies during the evening hours of February. The pattern is easily found by locating three stars of
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Taurus the Bull is visible high in southern skies during January January opens with a sky full of stars and planets in the evening sky.
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Image Credit The Sun reaches its southern-most point in its yearly travels at 11:30 p.m. CST on December 21, signalling the beginning of winter in
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The immense Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 or simply M31, is captured in full in this new image from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey
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