Bright stars, Blood Moon lunar eclipse: March skywatching highlights
The total lunar eclipse will start late on the night of March 13 and will end in the early hours of March 14, according to NASA. An eclipse like this happens when the Moon, Earth and Sun all align so that the Moon is passing into the Earth’s shadow.
March skygazing: A ‘celestial smiley face,’ a blood moon, and more
While Mercury will be visible throughout early March, there will be two nights that provide especially good opportunities to see it: March 1 and March 7. On March 1, the position of the crescent moon will aid in spotting Mercury,
The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s ...
On the morning of Friday, March 14 -- the day of the full Worm Moon -- the moon will be 12 degrees above the western horizon ...
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See the moon cozy up to a fading Mars tonight (March 8)"If the moon and a planet are near Castor and Pollux you have an impressive show." From our earthly perspective, the moon and Mars will appear closest to each other at around 8 p.
The moon enters its new phase for February 2025 tonight, leaving the skies nice and dark for observing many bright planets ...
Last weekend, Texas-based Firefly Aerospace successfully placed its Blue Ghost lander on the moon, becoming the first private company to accomplish such a feat. But it’s not the only private ...
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16 years before 'Mickey 17''s mission to the stars, 2009's 'Moon' was already sending in the clones"Not since Adam has any human known such solitude as [Apollo 11 command module pilot] Mike Collins is experiencing during ...
To map out the best nights for skywatching, we turned to three seasoned stargazers to tell us about the best nights of the ...
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This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher: The Moon meets the PleiadesIn the early evening on March 5, watch our satellite pass by a famous bright star cluster: the Pleiades (M45).
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