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Ghostly 'zodiacal light' glows above the Very Large Telescope in Chile (photo)
The European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) stands beneath a star-studded sky illuminated by a phenomenon known as zodiacal light, which is observed as a faint glow of ...
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‘Parade of planets’ dazzles in night sky — with a special, unexpected guest
As an added and unexpected bonus, the zodiacal light made a stunning appearance to cap off an already awe-inspiring view. Following the planetary parade to the east, next up was Jupiter ...
February’s Night Sky: See The Planet Parade, A ‘False Dusk’ And A ‘Ramadan Moon’
Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...
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Orion’s at the center in February
Saturn, a morning planet, starts rising in the east before midnight and ends the ... the horizon along the sun’s path. This is the zodiacal light, the result of sunlight glinting off dust ...
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Commentary: What more could we ask from the night sky?
August gives us two full moons and the Perseid meteor shower, plus a tight grouping of two planets and a star in the evening sky. What more could we ask? Low in the west after sunset, Mars, Saturn ...
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Northern Lights Glow As ‘Worm Moon’ Sets Up Total Solar Eclipse: March’s Night Sky
That will make it a great time to see zodiacal light—sunlight reflecting off cosmic ... including North and South America, Europe, East Asia, Australia and New Zealand.