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This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you ...
The next full moon, the Strawberry Moon, will light up Michigan skies in mid-June. Here's a look at what to know.
Venus continues to be the brilliant “Morning Star” in the East before dawn, albeit dimming just a bit as it moves away from ...
Two days after its new phase, the moon will make a close pass to Jupiter in the evening sky while the summer constellations ... showing the dark side, which would just be black on a black background.
Jupiter joins Mercury in early twilight as Mars lingers with Leo after dark. Saturn is visible in the morning, meeting ...
Countless shadowed craters line the terminator all the way down to the moon's southern pole, while the 54-mile-wide (87 km) ...
However, such a thing is hardly necessary for a trio of conjunctions this month involving the crescent moon, Mars, the ...
Around 16-17 June, Mars will appear to pass close to Regulus, the bright star at the heart of the constellation Leo, the lion ...
Dark sky areas—parks, communities ... Other ranger-led special events include meteor shower viewings, full moon guided hikes, and solar viewing during the day. In the summer, prime stargazing ...
A NASA-funded plan to build a large radio telescope on the moon's far side is nearing final approval and could become a ...
Observing deep-sky objects during the Full Moon is challenging ... M44, which can be visible to the naked eye under dark conditions, will likely be washed out by the light of the Moon and require ...