Most astronomers would tell you that the best moon is no moon. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/what-phase-of-the-moon-is-best-for-stargazing…
Tag: venus
New research sheds light on the possibility of past life on Venus
While today Venus is a very inhospitable place with surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead, geological evidence, supported by computer model simulations, indicate it may have been much cooler billions of years ago and had an ocean, and so have been very similar to Earth. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-05-possibility-life-venus.html…
Moon and Saturn up around midnight May 21
On May 21, 2019, the moon rises in between the planets Jupiter and Saturn. Saturn doesn’t rise until the middle of the night; if you’re not a night owl, watch for them before sunup on the morning of May 22. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-saturn-up-around-midnight-may-21…
Moon, Antares, Jupiter on May 19 and 20
On May 19 and 20, 2019, watch for the moon and Jupiter to rise into your eastern sky roughly two hours after sunset. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-jupiter-at-evening-may-19-and-20…
How Venus and Mars can teach us about Earth
One has a thick poisonous atmosphere, one has hardly any atmosphere at all, and one is just right for life to flourish – but it wasn’t always that way. The atmospheres of our two neighbours Venus and Mars can teach us a lot about the past and future scenarios for our own planet. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-05-venus-mars-earth.html…
Pale blue dot – or not?
Appearances can be deceiving. This thick, cloud-rich atmosphere rains sulphuric acid and below lie not oceans but a baked and barren lava-strewn surface. Welcome to Venus. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-05-pale-blue-dot.html…
Unfathomably deep oceans on alien water worlds?
Distant water exoplanets might have oceans thousands of miles deep. That’s in contrast to Earth’s ocean, which is about 6.8 miles (about 11 km) deep at its deepest point. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/exoplanet-water-worlds-deep-oceans-2019-study…
Young moon and Mars after sunset May 6, 7, 8
On May 6, 7 and 8, 2019, watch for the young crescent moon to pass by the planet Mars. Just don’t mistake the star Elnath for Mars. Elnath is the 2nd-brightest star in Taurus the Bull. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/young-moon-mars-after-sunset-may-6-8…
Comet Halley’s 2 meteor showers
The famous Comet Halley spawns the Eta Aquariids – going on now – and the Orionids in October. Plus where the comet is now, parent bodies of other meteor showers … and Isaac Newton’s Vis-viva equation, his poetic rendition of instantaneous motion. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/comet-halley-parent-of-2-meteor-showers…
Old moon, Venus, Mercury
The moon is sweeping past the planets Venus and Mercury in the morning sky now. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/photo-old-moon-venus-mercury-may-2019…