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Strawberry moon will be at full illumination June 11, the latest of the full moons tied to Native American tradition.
In the Northern Hemisphere, June 20 is the day on which the sun is highest in the sky, aka the summer solstice! This is the ...
Catch Jupiter low early in the month, then enjoy Mercury and Mars in the evenings. Saturn, Neptune, and Venus shine in the ...
Photographer Riste Spiroski snapped a striking view of the moon and Jupiter hanging over the ancient lake Ohrid in northern Macedonia on the night of April 29, complete with a pair of stargazing swans ...
For North Americans, this is an eye-catching sight, visible even from brightly lit cities.
Also appearing near the moon on the first night of the month is Regulus, the bright pale-blue star in the constellation Leo, ...
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Why Is Uranus Blue?
Why don't we have neon-green ice giants? The Earth itself is so famously blue that its blue hue, viewed from the vantage ...
Blue light is scattered more than other colours because of its short wavelength. In comparison, the moon has only a thin layer of air, so even when it is daytime there, the sky looks black.
Scientists believe a colossal impact between Earth and Theia formed our lunar companion 4.5 billion years ago.
But when scientists peer very far back, they find conundrums. JWST observations of the distant past are at odds with ...