You can see all 5 bright planets in the evening sky now (December 2022). Mercury and Venus are nearest the sunset. By the year's end, the waxing moon will sweep past them.
The uncrewed Orion moonship has traveled around the moon and returned safely to Earth. The Artemis 1 splashdown was in the Pacific Ocean on December 11, 2022.
The moon was near Castor and Pollux Friday night, and you can see the moon near Castor and Pollux on December 10, too. The moon will be closest to Pollux tonight!
In a new study titled Flocking to Fire, researchers found that Americans are moving away from areas of hurricanes but into places prone to wildfire danger.
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