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Venus moves east as July progresses and stands 3° due north of Aldebaran on the 14th, after skirting the northern regions of ...
Friday, July 4 Mercury reaches its greatest eastern elongation from the Sun, standing 26° from our star at 1 A.M. EDT. We’ll ...
The Moon reaches apogee at 6:44 A.M. EDT. This is when the Moon is at its farthest point from Earth in its orbit; this morning, our satellite will be 251,999 miles (405,553 km) away.
Use a telescope to spot Iapetus about 8.5 arcminutes west of the ringed planet. At this elongation, Iapetus shows off its bright hemisphere. Titan, Saturn’s brightest moon, appears about 3 arcminutes ...
Journey 1.5 billion kilometres to Saturn's most bewildering moon: Iapetus. This world of stark contrasts features a divided ...
China’s Tiandu-1 satellite has entered a critical fuel-efficient orbit that synchronises with the motion of the Earth and moon, but claims that it is the first spacecraft to achieve the feat ...
“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...
The strawberry moon will rise on the evening of Tuesday, June 10, and will shine into Wednesday morning, a "sight that can be seen around the world," said Brian Lada, an AccuWeather meteorologist.
The strawberry moon will rise on the evening of Tuesday, June 10, and will shine into Wednesday morning, a "sight that can be seen around the world," said Brian Lada, an AccuWeather meteorologist.
NASA has announced that an asteroid about 200 feet in diameter is now slightly more likely to crash into the moon.
June's full moon is commonly referred to as the "Strawberry Moon" in America, but the nickname isn't a reference to its color (though there's a decent chance it will take on a yellow-orange hue ...