Mercury will be at its brightest in the night sky on Friday — before it disappears
Mercury, the first planet from the sun, is about to stand out among the stars this week. But this brightness is not expected ...
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The Sky This Week from March 14 to 21: The start of spring
The vernal equinox occurs as Mercury stands still in Pisces and several of Jupiter’s moons transit in the sky this week.
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7 planets are aligned in the night sky right now. But what's that mean for science?
In January 2025, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were all visible in the night sky. And in February, 2025, Mercury will join the fun, with all seven of our planetary neighbors visible ...
Winter is a common time of year for sun halos. Learn more about a ring effect in the sky
Though sun halos can happen year-round, they are especially noticeable in the winter when ice-filled cirrus clouds are more common.
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Planetary parade 2025: What to know as 7 planets align in the night sky
For the best chances, spectators should look at the sky as soon as the sun sets. That's when the planets will make a brief appearance. Tokyo started seeing the parade first, on Feb. 22 ...
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Astrophotographer captures 'rare' planetary parade as 7 planets align in the night sky (photo)
Astrophotographer Josh Dury captured this stunning photograph of the seven-planet alignment on Feb. 22 from the Mendip Hills, Somerset, U.K. "A fantastic, yet challenging photographic opportunity to ...
NASA's newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies
NASA’s newest space telescope rocketed into orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before — a sweeping look at ...
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A Parade of Planets Is Marching Through the Night Sky
Mars SKY AT Viewed from above the solar system, the seven planets will fall within Earth’s line of sight at sunset, and will not be obscured by the sun. Viewed from above the solar system ...
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The brightest planets in March's night sky: How to see them (and when)
It rapidly zooms into the morning sky, reaching an angular distance of 15 degrees from the sun by month's end. Meanwhile, glowing brilliantly, well up in the southern and western sky is Jupiter.
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See Mercury at its best in the night sky over the next 2 weeks
A clear, haze-free sky also helps. The remark about Copernicus is rather ironic, for he was the man who pushed hard for placing the sun and not the Earth at the center of our solar system.