When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. (Left) A colorful view of Mercury, created using images from the Color Basemap Imaging campaign during MESSENGER’s primary mission. (Right) What Mercury might look like if its outer layers were stripped away to expose the 16-kilometer-thick layer of … Read more
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Take a moment to sit back, relax, and enjoy the wonder of the night sky with your naked eye. | Credit: Oscar Gutierrez Zozulia via Getty Images From a close encounter between Saturn and the moon to the … Read more
The July 2024 New Moon occurs today, when Earth reaches its furthest point from the Sun, known as aphelion. According to the U.S. Naval Observatory, the new moon will occur on July 5 at 6:57 p.m. Eastern Time (22:57 UTC), and two days later the young moon will pass Mercury in the evening sky. Earth … Read more
January’s new moon will be on January 11 at 6:57 a.m. Eastern Time, according to the US Naval Observatoryand a day later the planet Mercury will reach its greatest western separation from the Sun and show itself as a ‘morning star’. New moons happen when the sun and the moon share the same celestial longitude, … Read more