Stunning ‘Planet Parade’ Visible In Night Sky This Week — How To See It
Topline A very rare planetary alignment on Tuesday, Jan. 21 and Saturday, Jan. 25 is being promoted online. It’s not specific to those dates, but six planets are now in the night sky, four of them visible to the naked eye. Sky chart showing the planetary lineup visible after dark in January 2025. NASA/JPL-Caltech Key […]
How to see the ‘planet parade’ alignment in Australian skies
The night sky is putting on a celestial show over the next week with a dazzling “planetary parade” featuring six major planets and a bonus comet visible over the next few days. The four bright planets — Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars — are already visible in the night sky with the naked eye just […]
How to See the Conjunction Between Mars, Jupiter, and the Moon
This story originally appeared on WIRED en Español and has been translated from Spanish. August has delivered many spectacular sights in the night sky: a supermoon, meteor showers, and supercharged auroras. Mars and Jupiter also currently appear unusually close together in the night sky, in what’s known as a conjunction. They appeared closest during the […]
How To Watch Musk’s SpaceX Launch Its Massive Starship Rocket Today
Topline Elon Musk’s SpaceX is poised to launch its massive Starship rocket for the fourth time on Thursday, in hopes to perfect a reusable rocket that will make space cheaper to access, exploit and even visit. A person looks on as SpaceX’s huge Super Heavy-Starship is unstacked from the booster as it sits on … […]