One summer night in 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall was looking through his telescope in Washington, D.C. Mars was at ...

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The result is that by month’s end, Mars will have faded to one-thirtieth of its brilliance at opposition with the Sun back in early December. Mars sets around 1:20 a.m. at the beginning of May ...

The Cosmic Encounter – Venus and Mars in Astrology In astrology, few alignments stir the soul like a Venus-Mars conjunction. Venus, the planet of love, beauty, harmony, and sensuality, collides ...

Just weeks from opposition, Mars shines bright at magnitude -1.1. At the start of the month, Mars forms a triangle with the two brightest stars of Gemini, the Twins, Castor and Pollux.

Mars and Venus will slowly separate in the evening sky as July progresses, appearing farther apart each night. By the end of the month, Venus will no longer be visible to evening stargazers since ...

Named for a sea goddess in Greek mythology, this classic main-belt asteroid orbiting beyond Mars was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth while working in London on March 1, 1854.

Mars and Venus will be close together in the night sky on June 30, while Neptune will reverse course through the constellations in the early morning of July 1. Skip to main content.

“Venus blazes at its brightest for the year after sunset, then Mars and Jupiter will rule the night amid the menagerie of bright winter stars,” the U.S. space agency said in its February blog ...

The crescent moon, Venus and the Pleiades will reach conjunction during the peak of the Lyrid meteor shower this Saturday. Here's how to watch the stunning show.

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