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The brightest, best date for spotting Saturn is fast approaching. Here's how to see the ringed planet from Indiana.
Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes ...
Though the rings appear solid from afar, they’re actually a dynamic, rotating system of icy debris. One theory suggests they ...
The lead author, Sylvia Protopapa, a chief scientist at the Southwest Research Institute (SWRI), explained that methane dominates Makemake's frozen surface and is now also found in the gas phase above ...
Makemake is about 890 miles wide, roughly two-thirds the size of Pluto. Early observations indicated it had almost no atmosphere—essentially just a little air, if any. However, Webb's powerful ...
"Although this doesn't rule out the possibility that Enceladus' ocean may be habitable, it does mean we need to be cautious ...
The recent breakthrough by the James Webb Space Telescope has transformed our understanding of distant worlds beyond our ...
A collection of Photoshop tutorials by Blue Lightning TV showing how to create mind-blowing, space, planets and Sci-fi images ...
September is an excellent month for astrophotographers in the Northern Hemisphere. As well as offering warm nights, the hours of darkness even out during the month with the onset of the equinox. That ...
The string of planets continues to stretch across our predawn skies, with Saturn reaching its brightest in over 15 years. Eyes to the sky for a lineup of planets in the predawn sky, September's Corn ...
On August 26, 2025, a rare Venus-Saturn trine in Cancer and Pisces, respectively, presents a potent opportunity for relationship growth. This alignment emphasizes emotional depth, accountability, and ...
Astronomers have discovered a giant Saturn-sized planet orbiting TOI-6894, the smallest star ever known to host such a world. The finding overturns long-held theories suggesting that tiny, low-mass ...