Astronomy6d
The Sky This Week from March 21 to 28: Galilean moon action
Sunrise: 6:53 A.M. Sunset: 9:19 P.M. Moonrise: 5:32 A.M. Moonset: 4:10 P.M. Our final evening spent observing Jupiter this week lets us see just how far the gas giant’s great shadow extends ...
Scientists Observe Carbon Dioxide on Planets Outside the Solar System for the First Time
The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and ...
Astronomy27d
March 2025: What’s in the sky this month? A total lunar eclipse, Venus remains bright, and Mars and Jupiter continue to dominate
Mars and Jupiter dominate the late evenings, providing many hours of planetary observation with tantalizing features to see in small scopes. Both the inner planets, Mercury and Venus, stand ...
UVA Today17d
NASA Selects UVA Astronomer To Join Asteroid Mission
A UVA professor is part of the study of Trojan asteroids, presumed remnants of the early solar system that share Jupiter’s orbit around the sun. (Illustration by Johnny Utterback, University ...