Let's examine this. The Earth has a dual movement: a flat trajectory around the Sun, called the ecliptic, and a rotation on its own around the south-north axis. This axis, whose direction can be ...

We’re getting a great gift in our skies this holiday season with three bright planets — Saturn, Jupiter and Mars — decorating our evening skies. We also have some nice celestial conjunctions ...

Planet watchers with a clear view to the west-southwest can find Venus and Mercury tonight through next week. Venus is much brighter and easier to see and located about five degrees (three fingers ...

Two by two. If you have been keeping track, this will be the second eclipse in less than a month. On March 13-14, we had a total eclipse of the moon.The moon crossed the ecliptic — the apparent ...

Note, however, that our Moon is not perfectly in line — that’s because Luna’s orbit is tilted some 5° with respect to the ecliptic. June opens with Jupiter and Mercury mingling in the ...

At dawn on Thursday, Dec. 31, the four brightest planets outline the ecliptic, the path followed by the sun and moon. The moon visits each in turn over the next week. (Image credit: Starry) ...