If it makes it to us this year, the debris from SW3 will strike Earths atmosphere very slowly, traveling at just 10 miles per second which means much fainter meteors than those belonging to the eta Aquariids. At their closest point, Mars and Jupiter will be separated by no more than 0.6 degrees. In the nebula, there is gas and dust, which causes the formation of stars. Stars and constellations stay in approximately the same spot for many, many years. Still it's only about 600 miles wide far smaller than our own Moon. A different photograph from our fascinating universe is featured daily courtesy of NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day. What are the characteristics of the Solar System? This is one reason why astronomers are excited. After May 31st, the Moon moves away, leaving Saturn and the Beehive behind. In fact, NASA's Dawn spacecraft found that Ceres could be up to one-quarter water ice on the inside. In the case of Earths solar system, conjunctions happen frequently because our sister planets travel around the Sun in a fairly similar ecliptic plane, often appearing to meet in our night sky despite being millions of miles away from one another. Then look eastward about 25 degrees to find Denebola, which represents the lion's tail. In its first year in orbit, NASAs Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, scanned the skies over southern Australia. All sky events in section 2 are selected by default. NASA has the answer. February 20 - New moon. A few weeks ago, a beautiful image of the Cartwheel Galaxy was published, and this week, some incredible images of Jupiter were released. } Farvadin The website also offers an explanation about what you are able to see. Hold it at arm's length. We can only hope its spectacular. The boundary edges meet, dividing the imaginary sphere the celestial sphere surrounding Earth into 88 pieces. It'll reappear in May, in the pre-dawn sky, with Saturn. [CDATA[