Millions will be able to see four planets align in the sky with naked eye in rare cosmic event this month
For most of January, four of the eight planets in our solar system (sorry, Pluto) will be visible if the sky is clear enough ...
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Rare comet could shine bright as Venus as it falls toward the sun: What to expect from Comet ATLAS (C/2024) G3
G3 is set to dazzle Southern Hemisphere skywatchers in mid-January. Here’s everything you need to know about the 'New Year ...
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The brightest planets in January's night sky: How to see them (and when)
Four bright planets are conveniently ... As January opens, Mercury is a -0.2-magnitude "morning star" rising 1.5 hours before the sun. In mid-twilight on the 1st, look 12 degrees to the lower ...
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BepiColombo to make close flyby above Mercury’s surface
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission will make its closest approach to Mercury on 8 January 2025. The spacecraft will fly just ...
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NASA's Solar Probe flying faster and closer than ever to the sun | The Sky Guy
On Christmas Eve the Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the Sun than any spacecraft, orbiting 10 times closer than the planet ...
‘Planetary parade’ to be visible in days as six planets align in the sky – exact time you can see dazzling display
MARS, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Venus are set to align in the sky next week in a six-strong ‘planetary parade’. All the planets in our solar system, except Mercury and ...
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NICK STROBEL: Planets put on a show in evening sky
Happy New Year and happy perihelion day! Earth is closest to the sun today at just 91,406,000 miles (1.55 million miles ...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived its closest approach to the sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe skimmed the sun on Christmas Eve and lived to tell the tale. The heat-hardened spacecraft made its closest solar flyby yet at 6:53 a.m. EST on December 24. It came within 6.1 ...