Enjoy the increasing daylight and temperature as we witness a planetary dance in the mornings, while preparing for a fantastic close encounter between three planets and the Moon in the last week.
What to observe in February? Listen to @awesomeastropod #skyguide and news round up today at #365DaysOfAstro. The team will cover Venus sample return mission, big far away star with very big planet, another ocean moon in Saturn and many more.
Today’s news: cosmic eruption fall back all around its young star, and helping form new planets in its outer regions
It’s been about a thousand years since since we last looked at Mercury. So we figured it’s time for an update. What new things have we learned about Mercury?
For the longest time the only gas giant planets that we knew about were Jupiter and Saturn. But now, in the age of extrasolar planets, astronomers have discovered thousands of gas giants across almost as many star systems. What new discoveries have been made about gas giants, both here in the solar system and across the Milky Way
Today Travelers in the Night will bring you stories about the discovery of 2015 GL13 and the basic building blocks of life were brought by small bodies. #365DaysOfAstro
Why get out there in the cold of December? It’s a time of transitions and wonder. We’ve got a meteor shower, plenty of lunar encounters, potentially a comet, planets visible but changing, and very long nights.
How do giant planets make diamond rain? Does it really, you know, rain? Where does diamond rain exist?
A proposed mission called CLEoPATRA will look for rogue planets not orbiting any star. Meanwhile, a possible planet has been discovered in the Whirlpool Galaxy and could be the first planet found outside the Milky Way.
Today’s podcast presents @ActualAstronomy talk about Objects to Observe in the November 2021 Night Sky and places a focus on events to help you find the planets as well as what you can see on the Moon. #365DaysOfAstro