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Kelly Kizer Whitt

Visible planets and night sky guide for March

Visible planets in March 2022. We're 21 days from eclipse day on April 8! Tonight , the moon visits Castor and Pollux, the Gemini "twins."

Comet Pons-Brooks: Will you see it during the eclipse?

Comet Pons-Brooks will be brightest and closest to the sun in April. Will you be able to see the comet during the April 8 total solar eclipse?

Uncontrolled space junk hit Earth over the Pacific on Friday

Space junk jettisoned from the International Space Station in 2021 hit Earth on March 8, 2024. The space junk likely reentered over the Pacific Ocean.

A sky filled with stars, from Hawaii’s Mauna Kea

See a new image of the stunning night skies above Hawaii from the Gemini North Observatory atop Mauna Kea. How many stars can you see?

Charlotte the Stingray is still pregnant … without a male

Charlotte the stingray is pregnant in a North Carolina aquarium. The stingray has not had a male ray in her tank. Learn more about Charlotte and her babies.

Smokehouse Creek wildfire now #1 in size, in Texas history

A Texas wildfire is now the largest in the state's history. Plus, Oklahoma and Australia are also battling wildfires. See more here.

Is Sirius the most luminous star in the sky?

Sirius is the brightest star in Earth's sky because of how close it is to us. It's so bright you might see glints of different colors flashing from it.

Here’s the latest Artemis timeline: Humans to the moon!

NASA released the latest timeline for the Artemis missions in January 2024. The crewed Artemis 2 mission will happen no earlier than September 2025.

Dead satellite enters atmosphere over Pacific Ocean

A dead satellite - ESA’s ERS-2 satellite - reentered Earth's atmosphere yesterday. ESA said: The entry was uncontrolled or "natural".

Record quasar is most luminous object in the universe

Record quasar J0529-4351 is the current record holder for most luminous object in the universe, fastest-growing black hole and largest accretion disk.

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