PUNCH isn't the only spacecraft studying the solar corona and the transition into the solar wind. NASA's Parker Solar Probe regularly flies closer to the sun than any other spacecraft has gone before; ...

early spring is a great time to view zodiacal light. What looks like lingering twilight is actually believed to be sunlight reflecting off dust in the solar system. The phenomenon, which looks like ...

That thin lucence is called the Zodiacal light. Over the opposite side of the night horizon is another just perceptible glow rarely perceived called the Gegenschein, or counterglow. In the tropics ...

This month is a great time to see the zodiacal light. It’s a pyramid-shaped white glow on the western horizon about 90 minutes after sunset. It’s visible in dark skies around the March equinox ...

The western hemisphere witnessed a spectacular total lunar eclipse on the night of Thursday, March 13, 2025. During this ...

The VLT is a powerful astronomical observatory that captures high-resolution images and spectra of celestial objects, ...

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In March the bright winter constellations of Canis Major, Canis Minor, Orion, Gemini, Taurus and Auriga fill the southern sky stretching all the way to zenith — the point directly overhead. Dire ...