After traveling through space for more than 2 years, a NASA spacecraft arrived at its destination, asteroid Bennu, on Monday. Read more.
One full rotation of asteroid Bennu, seen up close for the 1st time ever on Monday by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, at a distance of around 50 miles (80 km). Image via NASA Goddard/U. of Arizona.
If it lay at the distance of the Andromeda galaxy - about 2.5 million light-years away - the tail of the "tadpole" galaxy would reach a 5th of the way to our Milky Way. See its picture.
Will you see Mercury near the moon on Wednesday morning? It's possible, if your sky is very clear to the east before sunup. With a clear sky, you'll surely see bright Venus! Read more.
“Moon, Venus, Earth,” wrote Brett Joseph in San Anselmo, California, on Monday. Can’t see Venus in this daylight photo? It’s in the lower left of the photo. More photos here. Can you really see Venus in daylight? Yes, you can, especially around now when it's at its brightest. Here's how.
