These next few days, before daybreak, let Venus, the 3rd-brightest celestial body, after the sun and moon, respectively, serve as your guide to the majestic Winter Circle. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/see-venus-winter-circle-before-dawn…
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Moon, Jupiter, Saturn August 27-29
These next several evenings – August 27, 28 and 29, 2020 – watch for the waxing gibbous to flit by the gas giant planets, Jupiter and Saturn. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-jupiter-saturn-august-27-29…
Sun and Regulus in conjunction August 23
Today – August 23, 2020 – the sun is in conjunction with Regulus, the brightest star in the constellation Leo the Lion. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/sun-regulus-in-conjunction-august-23…
Old moon and young moon
This is quite a feat! The old moon one morning, and the young moon the following evening, centered on the August 2020 new moon. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/photos-old-moon-young-moon-aug-2020…
Ceres’ bright spots come from salty water below
The mysterious bright spots on Ceres caused a sensation when the Dawn spacecraft first spied them in 2015. Now, they’re known to be salt deposits from a recent or ongoing percolation of briny water from a large reservoir in Ceres’ interior. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/bright-areas-dwarf-planet-ceres-salty-water-below…
Spectacular! Moon and Venus before sunrise August 14 to 16
Enjoy an eyeful of the moon and Venus as they meet up in the morning sky in mid-August 2020! Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/spectacular-moon-venus-before-sunrise…
NASA spacecraft gets a look at one of the strangest places in the solar system
For a few months in 2018, as NASA’s Dawn spacecraft used up its last drops of fuel, it gave scientists an incredibly detailed look at one of the strangest places in the solar system: Occator Crater. Source: https://www.livescience.com/dwarf-planet-ceres-giant-crater-nasa-dawn-results.html
Mystery solved: Bright areas on Ceres come from salty water below
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft gave scientists extraordinary close-up views of the dwarf planet Ceres, which lies in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. By the time the mission ended in October 2018, the orbiter had dipped to less than 22 miles (35 kilometers) above the surface, revealing crisp details of the mysterious bright regions Ceres had become known for. Source:…
Planet Ceres Is An ‘Ocean World’ With Sea Water Beneath Surface, Mission Finds
The dwarf planet Ceres — long believed to be a barren space rock — is an ocean world with reservoirs of sea water beneath its surface, the results of a major exploration mission showed on Monday. The Guardian reports: Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and has its own gravity, enabling the Nasa Dawn…
Dwarf planet Ceres may be home to an underground ocean
New analysis of data from the Dawn spacecraft suggests there may be a liquid water ocean beneath the Occator crater on Ceres, the largest asteroid in the solar system Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2251403-dwarf-planet-ceres-may-be-home-to-an-underground-ocean/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…