The Globe and Mail11d
Red planet rising: Watch Mars make its closest approach to Earth – and then duck behind the full moon
It’s an apt expression for the planet Mars these days. With the red planet moving in for its closest approach to Earth for the rest of this decade, NASA officials are wishing it could be just a ...
Asteroid Alert! Two Giant Space Rocks To Come Scarily Close To Earth On THIS Date, NASA Warns
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is currently tracking two asteroids, 2022 OB5 and 2024 YB10, both set to pass Earth on ...
Astronomy on MSN12d
The Sky This Week from January 10 to 17: Mars reaches opposition
The Red Planet comes closest to Earth, disappears behind the Moon in an occultation, and finally reaches opposition in the ...
Island3d
Lanka marks ‘Earth’s Birthday’ on Perihelion Day
Astronomer Anura C. Perera led the world’s first-ever celebration of Earth’s ‘birthday’ on Jan 4, commemorating the day the planet reached its closest point to the Sun, known as Perihelion Day. The ...
Richmond1d
As new year begins, a return to skywatching
The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College will resume public viewing after the holidays when students return to campus ...
Exact time to catch full Wolf Moon shine alongside Mars tonight in stunning sky spectacle
THE first full moon of the year, known as the Wolf Moon, will be visible alongside Mars tonight. Stargazers are encouraged to ...
Parade of planets this month will feature celestial bodies in alignment
A rare parade of planets will light up the night sky throughout January. Six planets will be in alignment for the rest of the ...
Mars, Sun & Earth, perfect alignment coming on 16th
Guwahati: Mars came close to the Earth on Sunday as astronomy enthusiasts organized gathered across the city to witness this ...
You have just WEEKS to see Saturn’s rings before they disappear – and they won’t come back until 2032
SATURN’S iconic rings are set to disappear in weeks, and won’t come back into full view until 2032 The vanishing act is all ...
New Scientist on MSN1d
How to see all the solar system’s planets in the night sky at once
All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN8d
New, Stunning Images of Mercury’s North Pole Will Help Scientists Study the Planet’s Mysterious Permanent Shadows
The BepiColombo spacecraft captured the photographs during its last flyby of Mercury, a maneuver necessary to propel the ...
The New York Times9d
A Full Moon, a Bold Mars and a New Comet Brighten January’s Skies
On Monday night you may have a chance to witness the moon obscuring the Red Planet at its brightest, as well as a comet’s closest approach ... night sky as it nears Earth. It is approaching ...