In perhaps the neatest astronomical application of geneology yet, astronomers found 28 “hidden” families of asteroids that could eventually show them how some rocks get into orbits that skirt the Earth's path in space. (...)Read the rest of How A New Family Tree of Space Rocks Could Better Protect Earth (443 words) Â Elizabeth Howell
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Jupiter, Venus (just near the cloud band above the horizon) and Mercury (off to the right of Venus and above the channel light) at around 6:10 pm ACST as seen from the beach at Largs North, Adelaide. Image taken with a Canon IXUS, 3 x Zoom 400 ASA, shutter speed 2 seconds. Click to embiggenA few minutes later, Venus is just touching the surface of the ocean, Mercury is closer to the channel light. One of the "benefits" of being sick these past few days was that I got picked up by the Bettdecke
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The rare astronomical coincidence of a spectacular triangular triple conjunction of 3 bright planets happening right now is certainly wowing the entire World of Earthlings! That is if our gallery of astrophotos assembled here is any indication. Right at sunset, our Solar System's two brightest planets – Venus and Jupiter – as well as the
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Jupiter (roughly middle in the gap between the clouds), Venus (just under cloud band) and Mercury (off to the right of Venus) at around 5:55 pm ACST as seen from the beach at Largs North, Adelaide. Image taken with a Canon IXUS, 3 x Zoom 400 ASA, shutter speed 0. 8 seconds. Click to embiggen (or you won't be able to see them)Close-up crop showing the three planets (need I say click to embiggen?). After days of solid cloud, finally the sky was a bit clear as I went down to the beach. I went down ab
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This evening, and for the next few evenings, just as the sky begins to darken after sunset, you've got a chance to see three of the five naked-eye planets side by side. The two brightest naked eye planets (Venus and Jupiter) are close together, separated by only a few degrees, closing to 1Â on 28 […]
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Images are starting to come in of the bright planetary conjunction in the western sky at dusk! Jupiter, Venus and Mercury are snuggling up together, and we've got a wonderful weekend coming up with alignments including three separate conjunctions and ever-changing triangular arrangements as the nights go by. Mercury and Venus pair up on Friday;
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Western horizon as seen from Adelaide this Friday at 5:45 pm ACST on 24 May, when Venus and Mercury are closest. Similar views will be seen from the rest of the southern hemisphere at the equivalent local time. Click on any image to embiggenWestern horizon as seen from Adelaide at 5:45 pm ACST on Sunday 26 May, when all 3 planets are within a circle 3Â across. Eastern horizon as seen from Adelaide at 5:45 am ACST on 20 April 2026, when Mercury, Saturn and Marsare within a circle less than 2Â ac
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This week is the culmination of a spectacular celestial alignment, creating a rare and beautiful triangle of three planets on Sunday 26th. The planets will be low in the west after sunset, and as the glare of the sunset fades, the three bright dots of light will emerge from that glare, and if you have a good western view, you'll see them for a short window of time before they set. The Triangle of PlanetsJupiter has been dominating the night sky for months, but each successive night has brought it
Posted by The Urban Astronomer
Planning a barbecue this weekend? You may want to top it off with a look at three bright planets shuttling about the western sky at dusk. Jupiter, Venus and Mercury gather for nearly a week of delightful alignments including three separate conjunctions staring right now. Mercury and Venus pair up on Friday; Mercury and Jupiter
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Venus and Mars may be all right tonight, but there's still a lot we don't understand about these planets. Why does one, Venus, Âhave such a thick atmosphere? Why is that of Mars so thin? And why is Earth's atmosphere so different again from what we see on Venus and Mars? (...)Read the rest of
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Sky-watchers this week get a chance to go eye to eye with a cosmic scorpion and witness a magnificent meeting of three neighboring worlds in the evening skies.
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Western horizon as seen from Adelaide at 5:45 pm ACST on 24 May, when Venus and Mercury are closest. Similar views will be seen from the rest of the southern hemisphere at the equivalent local time. Click on any image to embiggenWestern horizon as seen from Adelaide at 5:45 pm ACST on 26 May, when all 3 planets are within a circle 3Â across. Western horizon as seen from Adelaide at 5:45 pm ACST on 28 May, when Venus and Jupiter are closest. Western horizon as seen from Adelaide at 5:45 pm ACST on
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Venus and Jupiter as seen from Adelaide on 17 May, 2013. Imaged with a Canon IXUS, 1/4 sec exposure, ASA 400 3x Zoom at 5:55 pm ACST. Jupiter is the dot at the top right, Venus is bottom left, indicated by the yellow lines. You will need to click on the image to embiggen to see Venus clearly. Venus has finally returned to the evening skies. Well, it's been in the evening skies fro a while, but with the lousy weather of the past few week, there was no chance to see it. Venus is very close to the ho
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The lunar wall comes into view, three planets huddle, and the moon joins the Leo constellation in this week's best sky events.
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This very creative self-portrait by astrophotographer Miguel Claro shows what appears to be the photographer taking a ‘macro' closeup of the crescent Moon! But there is a lot more going on in this image. The crescent Moon has just 3% of the disc illuminated by the Sun, but there is a stunningly bright Earthshine effect
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During the month of May, three planets are going to move into a very close alignment, and the set up begins this week with the Moon adding some color to the scene for a few days. The two fast-moving inner planets, Mercury and Venus, are going to be coming into view in the west shortly after sunset, joining the massive Jupiter as it slowly fades out of view into the twilight. The dynamics of these changes is not easy to explain in a short blog post, but because of the fact that inner and outer pl
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Outer Space from Sander van den Berg on Vimeo.
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