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Astrophotos: Triple Planetary Conjunction

May 24, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Images are starting to come in of the bright planetary conjunction in the western sky at dusk! Jupiter, Venus and Mercury are snuggling up together, and we’ve got a wonderful weekend coming up with alignments including three separate conjunctions and ever-changing [...]

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Bright Planetary Conjunctions Liven Up This Week’s Evening Sky

May 22, 2013

Planning a barbecue this weekend? You may want to top it off with a look at three bright planets shuttling about the western sky at dusk. Jupiter, Venus and Mercury gather for nearly a week of delightful alignments including three separate conjunctions staring right now. Mercury and Venus pair up on Friday; Mercury and Jupiter [...]

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Astrophoto: The Macro Moon

May 13, 2013

This very creative self-portrait by astrophotographer Miguel Claro shows what appears to be the photographer taking a ‘macro’ closeup of the crescent Moon! But there is a lot more going on in this image. The crescent Moon has just 3% of the disc illuminated by the Sun, but there is a stunningly bright Earthshine effect [...]

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Saturn Storm’s ‘Suck Zone’ Shown In Spectacular Cassini Shots

April 29, 2013

Checking out the above pictures of a Saturn hurricane, one can’t help but wonder: how close was the Cassini spacecraft to spiralling down into gassy nothingness? Remove this ad

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Io’s Volcanoes are in the Wrong Place

April 4, 2013

Jupiter’s moon Io features at least 400 active volcanoes, making it the most volcanically active world in our Solar System. However, the location of the volcanoes on Io just doesn’t match up with scientific models that predict how the moon’s interior is heated. “Rigorous statistical analysis of the distribution of volcanoes in the new global [...]

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