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August 2025 brings the Full Sturgeon Moon on August 9, a Venus-Jupiter conjunction on August 12 and the peak of the Perseid ...
The full moon takes place a mere three days before the Perseids meteor shower peaks, and 11 days before the next planet ...
Eagle-eyed sky watchers will be able to catch Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus in the sky at the same time ...
Mercury begins to emerge from the dawn glow after Aug. 12. On Aug. 19, Mercury reaches its greatest elongation west of the ...
In August 2025, skywatchers will be treated to a planet parade like no other, with six planets and the Moon visible in the ...
Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn will be bright enough to see without equipment. A telescope will reveal Uranus, Neptune, and ...
Catch the solar system’s largest planet satellite sharing the constellation Gemini the Twins with our Moon this morning ...
In fact, American astronomer Scott S. Sheppard has found over 60 moons circling Jupiter. Unless there are a lot more moons that we haven't found yet (looking at you, Saturn ), he will likely hold the ...
Look east around 4 a.m. local time, just before dawn, to see the slender form of the crescent moon climb above the horizon.
The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The International Astronomical Union officially recognized 128 new moons orbiting ...
The solar system's largest moon, Ganymede, which orbits the largest planet, Jupiter, was hit by an asteroid four billion years ago that shifted the gas giant's satellite on its axis, new research ...