This once-in-a-lifetime comet is passing Earth today — it won’t be visible for another 160,000 years
A once-in-a-lifetime comet is approaching the sun — and it will be visible for the first time in 160,000 years. The comet ...
How to see 6 planets align in a rare night-sky parade in January and February
Six planets are parading across the sky, appearing as some of the night's brightest stars. A few easy tips can help you ...
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'Sun standing still': Why do we celebrate the solstice?
In the north, summer is on the horizon. The Earth rotates the Sun on a tilt - at an angle of 23.5 degrees. This tilt gives us our seasons and, twice a year, our solstices. Yes, although obviously ...
Star gazers get rare conditions to see several planets at once Saturday: ‘Very, very special’
While planets circle the sun in what's called and heliocentric orbit, they rarely fall together in what appears to the human ...
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The Sun Finally Shines Again In This Alaskan City After Roughly 65 Days Of Darkness
On Tuesday, the sun rose in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, for the first time since November—but only for a whopping 48 minutes before it set again. The sun appeared around 1:15 p.m. and disappeared just after 2 ...
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Tonight You Can Marvel at Six Planets in a Spectacular Planet Parade
The six planets were visible in the days immediately leading up to Jan. 21, and for about four weeks afterward. Mars, Venus, ...
A Full Moon, a Bold Mars and a New Comet Brighten January’s Skies
On Monday night you may have a chance to witness the moon obscuring the Red Planet at its brightest, as well as a comet’s ...