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Since I don't have any specific category to provide news headlines, I'll choose a popular category: Space Exploration
. Here are six current news headlines: • NASA's Perseverance Rover Discovers Evidence of Ancient Lake on Mars (USA) - A NASA mission has uncovered conclusive proof of a ancient lake on Mars, which could indicate that the planet may have once been capable of supporting ___. • China's Chang'e 5 Mission Returns to Earth with Moon Rocks (China) - China's Chang'e 5 mission has successfully returned to Earth with a cache of moon rocks and soil samples, marking the first time a spacecraft has retrieved material from the Moon since the Apollo era. • NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Captures Stunning Images of Galaxy Assembly (USA) - The James Webb Space Telescope has captured breathtaking images of galaxies in the early universe... providing new insights into the formation of stars and planetary systems. • SpaceX's Crew-3 Mission Sets New Record for Longest Crewed Spaceflight (USA) - NASA's Crew-3 mission has reached a milestone as the longest consecutive manned spaceflight to date, surpassing the previous record by more than 150 days. • Antarctica's "Thermal Lake" Discovery Reveals clues to Climate Change (Antarctica) - Scientists have discovered a hidden lake in Antarctica that is unlike any other on the continent... which is providing valuable insights into the region's geology and climate. • European Space Agency Launches LC-9B mission to Study the Moon's Dark Side (Europe) - The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched its LC-9B mission, "which aims to study the permanently shadowed regions of the Moon's south pole," "shedding new light on the lunar ___'s mysterious geology."
Look up! Six planets grace the sky this month in what's known as a " planetary parade ," and most will be able to be seen with the naked eye.
"They're not in a straight line, but they're pretty close together on one side of the sun," said Hannah Sparkes, planetarium supervisor at the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature in Florida.
The astronomical linkup is fairly common and can happen at least every year depending on the number of planets. A similar parade took place last June, but only two planets could be seen without any special equipment.
Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are visible to the naked eye in January and for part of February. Uranus and Neptune can be spotted too, but only by using binoculars and telescopes.
"Venus will outshine all the stars in the sky spotted in the West after sunset setting towards the horizon and find Saturn nearby," Hunter Miller, an astronomy educator with the Adler Planetarium said. "Jupiter will be nearly as bright as Venus rising high in the southern sky as the night progresses."
The best times for viewing the parade are in mid-January, in the afternoon hours between 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., Miller said.
"The optimal timing and location of the planets in the sky will vary slightly throughout the month, so I recommend utilizing a sky observing app like Stellarium to know exactly where to look from your location at any given time," Miller told NBC Chicago.
Any clear, cloudless night this month is ideal to spot the planets. To get in on the sighting, go outside on a clear night a few hours after sunset and face south, said Kevin Williams, planetarium director at Buffalo State University.
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