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To get a glimpse of the “Swift Planet,” EarthSky suggests waiting for the sun to set before looking west for the planet ...
Countless shadowed craters line the terminator all the way down to the moon's southern pole, while the 54-mile-wide (87 km) Aristotles Crater and smaller Eudoxus Crater form a tempting target on the ...
What's happening in the skies over North Texas this month? July holds some spectacular sights in the night and morning sky.
See the epic view of the moon and Earth captured by the Orion spacecraft ahead of its outbound powered flyby. Credit: NASA / ...
The nights surrounding June 7 will see Jupiter and Mercury crowd together close to the horizon in the northwestern sky.
Notional view of LCRT on the far side of the Moon. This proliferation raises concerns among astronomers about space debris, light pollution, and, most critically, the leakage of radio-frequency ...
Venus moves east as July progresses and stands 3° due north of Aldebaran on the 14th, after skirting the northern regions of ...
As 'Apollo 13' turns 30, we talk to legendary NASA flight director Gerry Griffin who helped make the film as realistic as ...
Meanwhile, Venus and Saturn — both beaming in the morning sky — welcome Jupiter into the fold. The gas giant makes its first appearance at mid-month in Gemini, low in the northeast about an hour ...
Skywatchers around the world have the perfect opportunity this weekend to witness a dazzling celestial show featuring the ...
The company is developing a larger vehicle, named Helios, that could meaningfully improve the ability of SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy to transport large payloads to the Moon, Mars, and other ...
White (1933-2012) had a gift for using the landscape to create extraordinary homes; revisit his story in an article from the ...