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May 2025: What’s in the sky this month? Jupiter and Mars shine in the evening, while more planets gather before dawn
Jupiter and Mars shine in the evening, more planets gather in the morning, and the Eta Aquariid meteors join in.
Space.com on MSN13d
Scientists find giant, hidden gas cloud only 300 light-years away: 'This cloud is literally glowing in the dark'
It's named Eos, after the Greek goddess of the dawn, and contains approximately 3,400 solar masses worth of gas.
ScienceAlert12d
Huge, Invisible Cloud Discovered Just 300 Light-Years From The Solar System
A giant object that has been lurking in the relative galactic vicinity of the Solar System this entire time has just been ...
Astronomy17d
The Sky This Week from April 25 to May 2: Venus at its brightest
It gains its common name from the fact that the visible nebula appears roughly the same ... Venus may be bright but it is only showing off a crescent phase some 26 percent lit.
Astronomy on MSN10d
The Sky This Week from May 2 to 9: The Eta Aquariids peak
Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, May 2Asteroid 4 Vesta reaches opposition at 2 A.M. EDT this ...
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May skies of the Gulf Coast
The Full or Flower Moon is on May 12. The Moon is Last Quarter, rising at midnight, on May 20. On the 22nd, the waning ...
Wausau Pilot and Review9d
Look up: Asteroids, meteor showers highlight central Wisconsin skies this week
At around 8 p.m. central time, a waxing crescent moon will pass close to Mars ... which sits close to the brilliantly bright Venus. The Swan Nebula (M17) takes center stage early Thursday, May 8, ...