Mysterious Mercury Stars In Majestic New BepiColombo Spacecraft Images
Enigmatic planet Mercury posed for some closeups when the BepiColombo mission flew by. Craters, bright regions and volcanic ...
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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 Battle To Save the Darkest Skies on Earth From Industrial Light Pollution
A proposed industrial complex by AES Andes near the Paranal Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert could devastate the area's world-renowned dark skies. Celebrated for its vital role in major ...
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Does Planet Nine exist?
The newcomer replacing Pluto presently goes by “Planet Nine.” If and when it finally shows up, it will get the honor of a ...
14 gorgeous photos of Earth from above
Sitting in the middle of the Iranian plateau, the Dasht-e Kavir, or Great Salt Desert, is the planet’s 24th largest desert.
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How to see 6 planets in 1 night all through January — and a bonus 7th planet in March
Worlds will align for a "planetary parade" in January, with four bright and easily visible to the naked eye. But an even ...
Historic planet parade on Jan 25: NASA's 2025 sky guide and how to watch
In January 2025, skywatchers can enjoy a rare historic planet parade as four planets—Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars—align ...
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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 ...
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A 'planetary parade' will dance across the sky on Jan. 21 — but that's not the best night to see it
Worlds will align for a "planetary parade" in January, with four bright and easily visible to the naked eye. But an even ...
World's darkest and clearest skies at risk from industrial megaproject
AES Andes, a subsidiary of the US power company AES Corporation, submitted a project for a massive industrial complex for ...
Mars To Vanish Next Week: 'See This One' Say Astronomers
Six planets will all be visible at once in the night sky this month, lined up across the sky—but one is set to disappear from view.
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ATLANTIC SKIES: What's a lunar occultation? You may see this rare event Jan. 13
On the evening of Monday, Jan. 13, the full “wolf moon” will occult, or pass in front of, Mars as they both rise in the ...