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There will be three full moons during the summer. And the sky this season has a number of bright stars that form easily ...
NASA also points out that July and August is an excellent chance to view the constellation Aquila, also known as the eagle as ...
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has shared its skywatching highlights - revealing what will light up the sky in July ...
Mars shines in the evening, and is joined briefly by Mercury. Jupiter joins Venus as the month goes on. And all month, look ...
The new moon occurs on June 25. A day later, Mercury reaches its highest point in the evening sky, and on June 27, the young ...
Mercury will reach its greatest eastern elongation, marking the point where it is farthest from the Sun in the evening sky.
Even though humans have been looking at the night sky for millenia, not everyone sees the same sky. Not even the constellations are same for everyone.
During the Northern Hemisphere’s summer solstice, the upper half of the earth is tilted toward the sun, creating the longest ...
In an extraordinary celestial coincidence, two "new stars" —scientifically known as novae —are currently visible to the naked ...
Summer arrives for northern observers as the Moon visits Venus, Uranus, and Mercury. Plus: globular cluster M15, double star ...
Four prominent celestial objects — the moon, a bright planet and two bright stars — will come together to form a "celestial ...