How to See Six Planets Align in 'Parade'
Six of our cosmic neighbors are expected to line up across the night sky tonight, in what has been dubbed a "planetary parade ...
World's largest telescopes threatened by light pollution
European Southern Observatory Director General Xavier Barcons told Space.com that astronomers expect the project to brighten ...
Stunning ‘Planet Parade’ Visible In Night Sky This Week — How To See It
Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars are all visible after sunset, but social media claims about it being a rare "planetary ...
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World’s largest telescope faces risk from renewable energy project, warn scientists
Astronomers are raising concerns about the impact of light pollution from a renewable energy project on the world’s most ...
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World's largest telescope threatened by light pollution from renewable energy project
ESO estimates the complex will leak as much light pollution as a city with a population of about 20,000. Parts of the ...
See 6 Planets Align on January 21
Alignments of five or more planets are rare—there will be two more featuring five or more planets this year, but after that ...
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Was Never Meant to Look at the Sun. Astronomers Tried It Anyway
A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...
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The Sky This Week from January 17 to 24: A conjunction of Venus and Saturn
Plus: Saturn’s moon Iapetus is visible, our Moon passes the bright star Spica, and Mars skims south of Pollux in Gemini in ...
The Year’s Best Planet Parade Will Be Visible Starting January 18
You’ll be able to view a rare alignment of planets this month and into February. Our astrotourism expert reveals the best ...
A rare look at NASA’s next sharp-eyed space telescope
The next great space telescope will study distant galaxies and faraway planets from an orbital outpost about a million miles ...
Exact date and time five planets might be visible with the naked eye
Throughout January, four planets will line up in the night sky and be simultaneously visible to the naked eye in the Northern ...
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The Sky This Week from January 3 to 10: Earth’s closest approach to the Sun
Let the sky grow dark after sunset before pulling out binoculars or a telescope to search out the solar system’s most distant planet, which isn’t visible to the naked eye. Neptune currently ...