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Venus moves east as July progresses and stands 3° due north of Aldebaran on the 14th, after skirting the northern regions of ...
Nearly 400 years ago, Galileo looked at the Pleiades star cluster through his telescope and noticed that the seven or so ...
Venus continues to be the “Morning Star” in the east before dawn, albeit it has become dimmer — but still bright — as it ...
The bright morning star Venus crosses from Aries into Taurus, closing in on Uranus for a conjunction later this week.
This photo taken on June 23, 2025 shows a view of the Pleiades star cluster and a crescent moon in Yanshan Town of Fujin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Photo by Qu Yubao/Xinhua) ...
The globular cluster Messier 22 (M22) reaches its highest point in the sky around midnight local time, specifically for ...
Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.
Pluto will reach its closest approach to Earth and align opposite the Sun on July 25, appearing slightly brighter (magnitude ...
Earth reaches aphelion, its farthest point from the sun, at 2:54 p.m. on July 3. At that moment we’ll be 94.5 million miles ...
Meanwhile, Venus and Saturn — both beaming in the morning sky — welcome Jupiter into the fold. The gas giant makes its first appearance at mid-month in Gemini, low in the northeast about an hour ...
By Deane Morrison During July the morning sky hosts three bright planets, each following its own path. As the month begins, ...
Located 1,600 metres above sea-level on the peak of a mountain in Chile is an observatory that houses the world’s largest digital camera ...