Tag: Sky this Week

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. ...

Friday, December 20Now that the evening sky is Moon-free, it’s time to aim for fainter targets, including 12th-magnitude Comet 333P/LINEAR. ...

Friday, December 13The bright gibbous Moon passes 4° north of Uranus at 5 A.M. EST. At that time, the Moon ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured this stunningly sharp view of Jupiter when the planet was near opposition in 2019. Credit: ...