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Crescent Moon Paired with Jupiter Over Western Sky After Sunset

The May 20 viewing drew wide public attention and highlights that Jupiter will fade from the evening sky as it moves toward solar conjunction while Venus stays bright for months.

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April’s Pre-Dawn Planet Parade Brings Mercury, Mars, Saturn and Neptune Into View

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NASA Releases New Artemis II Images of the Moon’s Far Side

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NASA Chief Responds to 10-Year-Old’s Pluto Plea With “We Are Looking Into This”

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Comet PANSTARRS Now Visible in Germany’s Pre‑Dawn Sky as Viewing Window Closes

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Artemis II Nears Close Lunar Flyby, Poised to Set New Human Distance Record

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Southern Hemisphere Sky Guide: What to See in April 2026

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April’s Night Sky: Venus Leads, Lyrids Peak, and the “Pink Moon” Sets Easter

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Crescent Moon Paired with Jupiter Over Western Sky After Sunset

Tonight: Crescent Moon Sits Between Venus and Jupiter in the Western Twilight

NASA’s Psyche Skims Mars for Gravity Assist on Course to Metal-Rich Asteroid

Scientists Detect Ultra-Thin Atmosphere Around Tiny Kuiper Belt Object

Astronomers Detect Thin Atmosphere on Small World Beyond Pluto

NASA Chief Endorses Making Pluto a Planet Again

Study Reports Tenuous Atmosphere on a 500-Kilometer Kuiper Belt World

Flower Micromoon Opens Rare Two-Full-Moon May

NASA Maps May Skywatching: Eta Aquariids, Moon–Venus Pairing, Blue Moon

NASA Chief Backs Restoring Pluto’s Planet Status, Plans Scientific Push

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Venus Brushes Uranus a Day After Moon-Jupiter Show

Four-Planet Dawn Lineup Peaks Saturday With Mercury, Mars, Saturn and Neptune

Most Precise Local Hubble Measurement Sets H0 at 73.5 km/s/Mpc

April’s Pre-Dawn Planet Parade Brings Mercury, Mars, Saturn and Neptune Into View

NASA Releases New Artemis II Images of the Moon’s Far Side

NASA Chief Responds to 10-Year-Old’s Pluto Plea With “We Are Looking Into This”

Comet PANSTARRS Now Visible in Germany’s Pre‑Dawn Sky as Viewing Window Closes

Artemis II Nears Close Lunar Flyby, Poised to Set New Human Distance Record

Southern Hemisphere Sky Guide: What to See in April 2026

April’s Night Sky: Venus Leads, Lyrids Peak, and the “Pink Moon” Sets Easter

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