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The elusive planet Mercury will shine near the moon tonight (May 30), but you'll need to prepare in order to see the small, rocky world. Here's where and when to look.
Subtrope of Planet of Hats, though any location (an asteroid, small moon, space colony) can serve as this. Compare/Contrast Single-Biome Planet. Most SF tales assume Casual Interstellar Travel; it's possible for Slower Than Light ships to transport commodities, but the items being traded ...
When our part of the earth turns to the sun, it is day. When our part of the earth turns away from the sun, it is night. Just because the moon is closer to the earth than the sun, it looks much bigger than the sun. Big things will look smaller when they are farther, and ...
As I walked in, I could hear the chill sounds of world percussions coming through the speakers. Brick & Mortar, tonight’s venue, was sparsely filled but the night was still early. DJ heyLove was tonight’s DJ as the room slowly filled with people from all walks to see Kendra Morris ...
Europais the second closest moon and is also the smallest. It has one of the smoothest and newest surfaces in the solar system, being covered purely with ice. Europa is likely a water world and it is believed that below its icy surface, lies a deep moon-wide ocean surrounding a warm ...
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The Dance of the Planets is here yet again, with a conjunction of the planets Venus, Mars, Uranus, and the crescent Moon, all visible together tonight in the evening sky. Venus and the Moon will of course be the brightest of these, but the reddish body of Mars should be fairly visible...
You can find Mars tonight appearing bright reddish-orange above the full moon. The Red Planet has come much nearer in the past, however. In 2003, Mars came within 34.8 million miles (56 million km) of our planet — the closest the two planets have been in almost 60,000 years. If you...