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Venus and Jupiter are getting intimate at night
Venus and Jupiter are passing each other as they pass the Sun. The two planets will be separated by a piece of paper held up to the sky. Night sky lovers can usually spot a smattering of a few planets but in late March, a planetary parade or alignment takes shape when five planets line…
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You should keep an eye out for this comet in 1523.
Comet C/E3 will come within 1,00,000 miles of Earth on January 12. The comet’s current trajectory should bring it closest to the Sun on February 2. “It’s still an awesome chance to make a personal connection with an icy visitor from the distant outer solar system,” NASA said. The comet was spotted last March while…
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Pictures from NASA’s Juno Spacecraft are being beamed home.
NASA has released an image of the Io network of volcanoes and how its eruptions interact with Jupiter on a daily basis. The image was taken on September 29, which is when the Juno spacecraft captured the first image of Jupiter from its orbit. “Jupiter’s atmosphere is full of hundreds of hurricanes and clusters at…