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For the first time since 2018, the Red Planet, Mars, reaches opposition, gracing our skies as a shining red orb from dusk until dawn. Other than Venus and the Moon, Mars will be the brightest object in the night sky. It’s also handily placed, reachin

The European Space Agency (ESA) and Russia’s Roscosmos jointly operate the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, which is currently circling the Red Planet and snapping images of its terrain with high clarity and resolution. The subject of this picture, taken o

You will probably feel a drive to achieve and to excel now that Mars has settled into its home sign of Aries for an unusually long stay. Mars entered Aries on June 27 and will remain there until January 6, 2021. Mars represents, energy, sexuality, dr

This is going to be a dynamic year for you, with lots of action and lots of changes. Some of these will be due to you yourself deciding to move your life in a different direction, but others may come from situations that appear at first to be somewha

September 2019 through August 2020 You’re right in the center of the action for a good part of the next 12 months, Virgo, as from the beginning of September three planets (Uranus, Saturn, and Pluto) are in your fellow Earth signs Taurus and Capricorn

The 12 months ahead for you offer an interesting and unique set of astrological patterns that are challenging at times, but are mostly helpful as long as you pay attention to the swiftly changing cosmic currents that move you along. The big picture f

1st-8th: Community groups. This is the perfect time to attend meetings of a group or organization that emphasizes improving the community in which you live, Aquarius. With Jupiter spending one last week in your sign, and Saturn continuing there, you

As the ripples and repercussions from 2020 spread, this year’s planetary alignment of Jupiter and Saturn conjunct – an event traditionally associated with economic challenges and social unrest – will continue stirring the global disturbances long pre

A first-time telescope user’s guide Despite increasing levels of light pollution – around us and shining down on us from orbit – interest in the night sky has never been greater. Aside from the difficulties of the past year, many people have discover

14 The Geminids, a mostly northern meteor shower, will peak this morning. With New Moon on the 15th the skies will be clear of moonlight interference. 21 Solstice. Today the hours of daylight are longest in the Southern Hemisphere, and the Sun is fu

Our ‘Planet of the Month’ this issue is mighty Jupiter, not because it is particularly bright but because there will be so much going on around it this month. During December this enormous gas giant planet will have a stunning and exceptionally rare

The Celestron Astro Master 70AZ Refractor Telescope is portable, easy to assemble and will give you bright, clear images of the moon and planets. It’s an easy way to observe the belts and moons of Jupiter, rings of Saturn, and craters on the moon, an

Over the last 12 months, a trio of planets (Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto) challenged you, both personally and collectively, to deal with things that you would rather have avoided. During the 12 months ahead, you’ll find yourself involved with another t

The next 12 months for you can be a time of forward motion in your life if you are ready and willing to set specific goals for yourself and then do everything you can to make them into realities. Three planetary engines will be energizing everything

It’s always exciting when December arrives. It brings the end of one year and the start of another. This year, with its challenging concerns about a discomforting virus and “social distancing” may make traditionally joyful holiday occasions somewhat

From some areas of Titan, around a third of the view will be taken up by Saturn. Residents on Titan would see the Sun as a huge, vivid red ball. The thick atmosphere is 1,000 kilometres (621 miles) high, compared to 100 kilometres (62 miles) on Earth

Your patience may be tested between September 9 and November 13, while Mars is retrograde. During this time, Mars is in its home sign of Aries, where this planet is especially powerful. Astrologically speaking, Mars represents the primal drives: the

The Ringed Planet is not only a fan favourite among astronomers because of its consistent visibility in the night sky, but also because it offers an enticing uniqueness. Along with Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune, Saturn is one of the gas giants – also k

Thousands of years ago, some people in Europe made strange clay cups with little spouts. Some of the cups were shaped like animals. Archaeologists who dug up these ancient cups didn’t know what they were. But new research hints that they were baby bo

NASA is always pushing the boundaries of space exploration, looking for new and innovative methods to explore worlds that could explain how life arose on Earth, or our place in the universe. Now, thanks to NASA’s New Frontiers Program – whose other m

October 2019 through September 2020 The year ahead for your sign is guided mainly by Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto, with the other two outer planets providing you with changes that mainly affect your family in the wider sense: past and present, core and

More often than not, Jupiter and Saturn are the movers and shakers as we proceed through a given year. Jupiter, of course, moves quickly enough to make it through the space of a whole sign during that time, and though Saturn moves more slowly it does

As you zoom away from Earth in your spaceship, you wave to the Moon, zip past Mars, and weave through the rocky asteroid belt. After a long while, there’s massive Jupiter. And finally, 800 million miles from home, you arrive at everyone’s favorite ri

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. - They called it a wake, but the loved one they had come to mourn wasn't a person. It was the Cassini spacecraft, the robotic explorer that had spent the last 13 years unlocking the mysteries of Saturn, its rings and its

As a triumphant mission to Saturn ends, its lead imaging scientist recalls her favorite photographs and moments.

A conception of Voyager 1 in space. NASA On September 5, 1977, Voyager 1 launched and forever changed our understanding of the solar system. Voyager 2 launched two weeks before, on August 20. About a month before the two spacecraft left Earth, Popula

Saturn (back) and it's moon Titan (front) as captured by Cassini in 2012. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI One man’s garbage is another man’s treasure. Or in this case, one space telescope’s extra data is another researcher’s gold mine. In a new study published

What would our solar system look like if an alien were to spot it from another planet, orbiting a distant star? How improbable would it appear? For the first time in human history, thanks to advances in exoplanet hunting, we can now answer that quest