You can see all of them from after sunset into dusk. For months, the planets have been putting on a show in the night sky. While Uranus and Neptune require a telescope to be seen, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus … Read More
Mercury’s transit will help Solar Orbiter scientist to calibrate the spacecraft’s instruments. In January 2023, the Solar Orbiter spacecraft took advantage of a rare astronomical event – the transit of Mercury – to further enhance its observation of the sun. … Read More
Most of us learned in school that the planets are in the following order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and (until 2006) Pluto. As a result, you could be forgiven for thinking that our closest planetary neighbor … Read More
Starting June 3, all five naked-eye planets will be up in the pre-dawn sky. This month, skywatchers will be treated to a rare “planet parade”: all five naked-eye worlds will align in their proper orbital order from the sun in … Read More
Our Solar System is an incredibly beautiful place. It’s a diverse place full of remarkable sights and natural wonders, whether it’s the pockmarked volcanic surface of Mercury, the dusty crimson plains of Mars, the beautiful rings of Saturn, or even … Read More
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission captured its first images of its destination planet Mercury as it swooped past in a close gravity assist flyby. The closest approach occurred on October 1, 2021, at 23:34 UTC, at an altitude of 199 km … Read More