Tag: Sky this Week

March opens with Venus and Mercury visible in the evening sky, along with a delicate crescent Moon. Neptune is nearby ...

Mercury and Saturn stand side by side in the early-evening sky near the end of February. Note that Neptune is ...

Caption: Venus is the brightest point of light shining at lower left in this gorgeous astrophoto of the February night ...

Friday, February 7 Mighty Jupiter stands high in the east at sunset, dominating the stars of Taurus the Bull as they ...

Friday, January 31 After passing through its New phase last week, the Moon is now a thin waxing crescent some ...

Friday, January 24The Moon passes 0.3° south of the bright red giant star Antares at 7 P.M. EST. However, the ...

Venus and Saturn meet above the Moon in the upper left of this image, taken in January 2016. This week, ...

Mars reached opposition on October 13, 2020, when this photographer imaged it from Houston, Texas. This year, Mars reaches opposition ...

The Sun sets over the Pacific Ocean in this stunning shot taken from the International Space Station. Earth reaches perihelion, ...

An all-sky camera at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Hunstville, Alabama, caught this meteor streaking overhead in January 2012. ...