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Wondering what planets are visible right now? Jupiter and Venus are meeting up in the sky, at least from our vantage point.
A planetary conjunction takes place when two or more planets seem to align closely in the sky as viewed from Earth, despite ...
Hubble Space Telescope images of Jupiter have been "photo-mapped onto a sphere," and animated into a full rotation, according ...
The Lucy spacecraft is already well on its way to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids. But that doesn't mean that it can't make some ...
Venus and Jupiter, the brightest planets in our solar system, are about to make their closest approach during their August ...
Jupiter and Venus are two of the brightest objects in the night sky. When you know where to look, it is very easy to spot ...
The Perseid meteor shower, among the most beautiful in the Northern Hemisphere, is expected to peak on the evenings of Aug.
Alongside the planets will be the August 2025 full moon, called the sturgeon moon, which is expected to reach peak illumination on Saturday, Aug. 9, at 3:55 a.m. Eastern. To view the planets, it's ...
Astronomers found strong evidence that a gassy Jupiter-size world is orbiting one of three stars in the stellar system ...
Jupiter and Venus will appear closest over Aug. 11-12, according to NASA, appearing as if they’re “grazing” each other despite still being millions of miles apart. It comes as a popular meteor shower, ...
Schwartz: A 25% cut to NASA would set back institutions like the University of Colorado The administration’s proposal would cut NASA from about $24.9 billion to $18.8 billion — the agency’s ...
Space Nearly 4,000 NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program The employees who have chosen to leave the agency amount to about 20% of NASA’s workforce.