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View a brilliant morning star, enjoy dark skies during New Moon, and take in plenty of deep-sky targets in the sky this week.
SHANGHAI - China's national space agency announced on Thursday it would let scientists from the U.S. and allied countries ...
The first full moon of spring, also known as the pink moon, will light up the sky on Saturday night, April 12. While the moon will not actually be pink in color, it is called the ‘pink moon’ in ...
No joke: The crescent moon will align with Venus and Saturn to form an emoji-like grin.
Having successfully carried out its three-step lunar exploration of orbiting, landing and sample return from the Earth's ...
Skywatchers, get ready for a dazzling lunar display this weekend: April's full moon, known as the Pink Moon or Paschal Moon, ...
(All times Eastern; * denotes a Super Moon ... Between the two planets hangs the Moon, some 7° high at this time and 8 percent lit, showing off a thin crescent. You may also see earthshine ...
Suspect Sarah Lee Clasen, a WSP trooper, made her preliminary appearance in Benton County Superior Court via a video link ...
Ann Craven lost nearly everything in a studio fire. Since then, she has made “revisitation” paintings. Next month, these works will be shown across Maine.
Unlike a total solar eclipse, part of the sun is still visible during a partial solar eclipse, so there is no darkening of the sky or visible solar corona.
Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times file Share The moon will appear slightly smaller ... In Chicago, the micromoon will be visible at 7:23 p.m. Saturday, according to a moon phase website.