The vernal equinox occurs as Mercury stands still in Pisces and several of Jupiter’s moons transit in the sky this week.

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, March 21By 10 P.M. local daylight time, the constellation Canes Venatici the Hunting Dogs is some 45° high in the east. Nestled under the ...

Mars and Jupiter dominate the late evenings ... It’s just a chance alignment of light and shadow as the Sun rises over a group of crater walls, but fun to see because it tickles our pattern ...

On the night of March 13 or early March 14, the Moon will transform into a stunning red orb as it moves into Earth's shadow ...

Because of the alignment of the Sun, Earth ... moon begins to enter Earth's shadow, with totality expected between 2:26 a.m. and 3:31 a.m. ET. NASA notes that Jupiter and Mars will also be ...

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus could ... For the best chances, spectators should look at the sky as soon as the sun sets. That's when the planets will make a brief ...

Alan Dyer/Getty Images The solar system has eight planets overall – Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun and Earth is the ...

By contrast, Mercury’s relatively small size and proximity to the sun typically makes it difficult ... only fall behind the planets Venus and Jupiter and the star Sirius. The catch is that ...

But on Jupiter, she would feel much heavier ... These clips can introduce pupils to the Sun and how it casts shadows upon the Earth. In pairs, the pupils could use chalk to draw around each ...

Mars and Jupiter dominate the late evenings ... It's just a chance alignment of light and shadow as the Sun rises over a group of crater walls, but fun to see because it tickles our pattern ...