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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 Vera C. Rubin Observatory was conceived nearly 30 years ago, and now we are finally seeing the first images captured by ...
Learn about the increased impact probability of 2024 YR4, an asteroid that has a small chance to hit the Moon in 2032.
Jupiter will be too close to the sun to see Tuesday, but it will move farther out in the dawn sky and on Aug. 12 will have a ...
Two meteor showers will peak at the same time in July with the cosmic glow of our galaxy serving as the backdrop. Here's how to see the month's top astronomical sights.
This causes the timetable of celestial events to creep forward until leap year sets them back every four years. The sun ...
The Vera C Rubin observatory, home to the world's most powerful digital camera, promises to transform our understanding of ...