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Astronomy Essentials
Visible planets and night sky for January
Visible planets: Venus, Mercury and Mars are in the morning sky. Bright Jupiter is visible most of the night. Saturn shines low in the sky after sunset.
January 22, 2024
Astronomy Essentials
Total solar eclipse in North America April 8, 2024
We're counting down to the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse. On January 22, we're 77 days to eclipse day.
January 22, 2024
Constellations
Dorado and Mensa house the Large Magellanic Cloud
The constellations Dorado and Mensa are deep in southern skies. Between them, stretching across the border, lies the Large Magellanic Cloud.
January 21, 2024
Earth
Ocean sunfish are odd, gentle giants: Lifeform of the week
Because normal is boring, we love this large and odd-looking fish. Read more about ocean sunfish, the gentle giants, and watch a video.
January 21, 2024
Earth
Space
Small asteroid hit Earth above Germany overnight
A small asteroid struck Earth's atmosphere over Germany early on the morning of January 21, 2024. Watch this space for updates.
January 20, 2024
Spaceflight
Japanese moon lander SLIM safe on lunar surface, but …
The Japanese moon lander - Special Lander for Investigating the Moon (SLIM) - landed successfully on the lunar surface today.
January 20, 2024
Spaceflight
Would-be Peregrine lunar lander has come home
Peregrine was meant to be the 1st commercial lunar lander. Then controllers noticed a fuel leak. Yesterday, the spacecraft came home, making a fiery Earth reentry.
January 19, 2024
Space
Miles-thick buried water ice at Mars’ equator?
Planetary scientists knew there were massive buried deposits near Mars' equator, but not what they consisted of. New research found that it's buried water ice.
January 19, 2024
Tonight
Orion the Hunter is easy to spot in January
Orion the Hunter is one of the easiest constellations to identify thanks to its Belt, the 3 medium-bright stars in a short, straight row at his waist.
January 19, 2024
Space
Astronomers find a galaxy without stars by accident
Astronomers pointed a radio telescope at the wrong coordinates in space and ended up discovering a primordial galaxy without stars.
January 18, 2024
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