The definition of "retrograde" means to reverse or go backward — but when it comes to the planets, they are actually always moving forward. During this cycle from Earth, however, it appears as if they're going backward, when in reality they're just changing speeds.
Every astrological planet retrogrades periodically, except for the sun and moon (since they're luminaries). The outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto), in particular, spend about four to five months every year retrograde.
StarWatch: Planets strung out in a line - Austin Daily Herald | Austin Daily Herald
In the predawn sky, four planets—Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn—are still strung in that order from left to right. But now the line of planets stretches all the way across the sky.
Venus dazzles from low in the northeast. Mars and Jupiter begin the month well up in the southeast and south, respectively, with Saturn lower in the southwest. As August goes by, Jupiter and Saturn drift westward; at month's end, Saturn will be so far west that it sets before Venus appears.
Best telescopes for stargazing 2022 | Mashable
Whether you're a beginner stargazer or a seasoned astronomer , there are a lot of telescopes and telescope accessories on the market. It's easy to drop a few thousand dollars on some of the higher-tech models, but that isn't always the case.
"What a telescope does, is it gathers light," Fried posited. "The diameter and the size of the aperture, the opening of the telescope, is determines how much light it will gather.
NASM Gallery Spotlight: Griffin Exploring the Planets
The National Air and Space Museum has been undergoing a technological transformation of the museum's galleries and public spaces, including the creation of new interactive experiences to inspire visitors, students, teachers, and families.
The museum is planning to open eight new galleries later this year, throughout the summer the museum will be highlighting each new exhibition with Spotlight Weeks. For the first Spotlight Week, we are going back to the airplane that started it all.
2022, August 27: Mars Treks in Taurus, Evening Planets – When the Curves Line Up
August 27, 2022: Mars continues its eastward march through the bright stars in Taurus before sunrise. Jupiter and Saturn are visible after the end of evening twilight.
Chicago, Illinois: Sunrise, 6:11 a.m. CDT; Sunset, 7:32 p.m. CDT. Check local sources for sunrise and sunset times for your location.
Two-ton Gemini Planet Imager arrives at Notre Dame for upgrades | News | Notre Dame News | ...
A key to potentially finding habitable planets rests in Nieuwland Hall of Science at the University of Notre Dame, after an extended journey.
It's fair to say that Jeffrey Chilcote , assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy , who is heading up a project to revamp and upgrade the equipment, was anxious about the instrument's trip — but he was also excited to get started, because it has been 14 years since GPI was ...
The universe: Your essential guide to its breathtaking wonders | New Scientist
The surprises with exoplanets started in 1995 with 51 Pegasi b, the first planet to be discovered orbiting a main sequence star, the most common type of star in the galaxy, other than the sun.
We have since found over 1500 hot Jupiters, and the consensus is these planets have migrated in towards their star after forming in a more distant orbit. But while this is a large proportion of the 5000-odd exoplanets found so far, we shouldn’t overestimate how common they are.
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Uranus: 15 amazing facts about the bull's eye planet Uranus
The seventh planet from the Sun, Uranus is one of the strangest and least understood planets in the Solar System. Four times bigger than Earth, this planet has both short days and incredibly long years.
It is a blue-green "gas giant" with more than 60 times the volume and about 15 times the mass of Earth.
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