Tag: venus

Earliest sunrises before summer solstice

Are you an early riser? If so – if you live in the Northern Hemisphere – you might know your earliest sunrises of the year are happening now. Southern Hemisphere? Your earliest sunsets are around now. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/earliest-sunrises-before-june-solstice-jupiter-venus…

Mercury/Mars conjunction on June 18

Be sure to circle June 17, 18 and 19, 2019, on your calendar because that’s when these two planets snuggle up especially close together on the sky’s dome. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/mercury-mars-conjunction-on-june-18…

We go between the sun and Jupiter June 10

Opposition on June 10 marks the middle of the best time of year to see Jupiter. The planet shines at its brightest best in Earth’s sky. It’s also out all night long, rising at sunset and setting at sunrise. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/earth-passes-between-jupiter-and-sun…

The planets might control the sun’s activity – and it’s not astrology

Our sun goes through a cycle of activity every 11 years, and it may be kept consistent by a periodic alignment of Venus, Earth, and Jupiter in their orbits Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2205096-the-planets-might-control-the-suns-activity-and-its-not-astrology/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Word of the week: Ecliptic

The ecliptic is the path the sun takes across our sky. It’s the Earth-sun plane, and, more or less, the plane of our solar system. Stargazing tip: Learn the whereabouts of the ecliptic in your sky. You’ll always find the sun, moon and planets on or near it. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/definition-ecliptic-what-is-the-ecliptic…

Amazing captures of the moon and Venus

We weren’t sure anyone would capture the slim crescent moon and Venus on June 1. They were so very near the sunrise. But the EarthSky Community came through with some of the best photos yet. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/moon-venus-june-1-2019-photos…

Brown Dwarf Atmospheres As The Potentially Most Detectable And Abundant Sites For Life

RockDoctor writes: Yet another provocative paper emerges onto Arxiv from Harvard’s Lingam and Loeb. Today they estimate the volume of space occupied by habitable zones (regions where liquid water is stable) in brown dwarf not-quite stars. They find that it could be orders of magnitude greater than the volume in the atmospheres of Earth-size planets. Brown dwarfs are masses of gas…

Observer’s delight: Moon and Venus at dawn

Good luck on catching the early morning spectacle on May 30, 31 and June 1, 2019. Two beautiful heavenly bodies – the moon and Venus – will be near the sunrise point, basking in the sweet glow of dawn. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/observers-delight-moon-venus-at-dawn…

Study corroborates the influence of planetary tidal forces on solar activity

One of the big questions in solar physics is why the sun’s activity follows a regular cycle of 11 years. Researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), an independent German research institute, now present new findings, indicating that the tidal forces of Venus, Earth and Jupiter influence the solar magnetic field, thus governing the solar cycle. The team of researchers present their…