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Today this 6.5 pounds of cosmic knowledge hits bookstores everywhere! Big thanks to @natgeo team for helping to bring this beauty to life. @NatGeoBooks #stargazersatlas

For the first time in over 50 years, humans saw the Moon from up-close. 🌕✨ Science is beautiful! More photos here: nasa.gov/gallery/lunar-…

To the moon 🌕, Artemis II! God speed and have a wonderful flight! 🚀🙌🏻

Orion may get bright enough for smart scopes to catch during key windows on Apr. 2 and Apr. 10. Tracking coordinates here: spaceweather.com/images2026/28m… Would you try it? #ArtemisII

LIVE: Tune in to watch @Astro_ChrisW and @Astro_Jessica go for a spacewalk! Our astronauts are scheduled to step outside the @Space_Station at about 8am ET (1200 UTC) and work for about six-and-a-half hours. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Always a great time chatting on @StuphFile

We had some #Aurora show up last night. #astronomy

If you’ve been looking up at the evening sky lately, you’ve definitely seen Jupiter. It glows brilliantly right next to Castor and Pollux, the "Twin Stars" of Gemini constellation high in the south early evening..

Two views of the total eclipse of the Moon in the early morning at 4:04 am MST March 3, 2026, with a selfie with the gear taking the close-up image through the telescope as totality began. And clouds rolled in! This was from home in southern Alberta. Details in Alt Text.

Full Crow Moon and Total Lunar Eclipse In the Americas, the moon will formally reach its full phase on Tuesday morning, March 3 at 7:38 a.m. EST, 4:38 a.m. PST, or 11:38 UT. At a glance the moon will appear to be full on both Monday and Tuesday night. The March full moon, known as the Worm Moon, Crow Moon, Sap Moon or Lenten Moon, always shines in or near the stars of Leo or Virgo. This full moon will pass through Earth’s umbral shadow, producing a total lunar eclipse visible across western North America, the Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, eastern Australasia, Japan, and most of Russia. For South America and eastern North America, the moon will set on Tuesday morning while the eclipse in underway. In most of Asia the eclipse will have begun when the moon rises on Tuesday evening. For North America the left-hand (western) rim of the full moon will be very slightly darkened when it starts its trip through the weaker outer penumbral shadow at 2:44 a.m. CST (or 08:44 UT). The first “bite” out the moon will appear when that edge contacts the central umbra at 3:49 a.m. CST (or 09:49 UT). The moon will fully darken into a reddened, so-called “Blood Moon” between 5:04 a.m. and 6:04 a.m. CST (11:04 to 12:03 UT). Because the moon’s path will carry it well south of the center of the umbra, the upper portion of the moon will be noticeably darker than the lower portion during maximum eclipse at 5:35 a.m. CST (or 11:35 UT). The moon will move clear of the Earth’s umbral shadow at the final “bite” time of at 7:17 a.m. CST (13:17 UT).

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@skysafariastro @nightskynetwork @rasc How many can you catch? 2 is easy (Jupiter + Venus) 4 is a solid win (add Saturn + Mercury) 5 is brag-worthy (add Uranus) 6 is “planet parade champion” territory (Neptune)

Six-Planet Parade: How many can you spot before they set? Last couple of days of February brings a fun challenge: Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune can all be above the horizon at the same time, with Feb 28, 2026 often billed as the “best” night.

@skysafariastro @nightskynetwork @rasc 4) Neptune = advanced level Neptune sits low near Saturn and always needs a telescope. Because it’s so close to the sunset zone, this is one I’d call optional for most beginners. If you attempt it, do it only after full sunset with extreme care.

@skysafariastro @nightskynetwork @rasc 3. Now the hard part: the western horizon trio Low in the west just after sunset you’ll be hunting: Venus (brightest beacon, use it as your anchor) Saturn (faint-ish, low, easily lost in twilight) Mercury (tricky, and by late month it’s farther from the Sun but also dimmer)

@skysafariastro @nightskynetwork @rasc Swing to the southwest for Uranus Uranus is much dimmer. Look beneath the Pleiades star cluster in Taurus. Best with binoculars (dark sky helps a lot too)

@skysafariastro @nightskynetwork @rasc Step-by-step plan 1) Find Jupiter first (confidence booster!) Jupiter is the “no-brainer” — bright, and high in the eastern/southeastern sky after sunset, near Castor & Pollux in Gemini (and not far from Orion). If you only find ONE planet tonight… it’ll be Jupiter.

What you’ll need Naked eyes: great for Venus + Jupiter, and maybe Saturn + Mercury Binoculars (7x50 or 10x50): strongly recommended for Uranus Telescope: required for Neptune (and it’s the riskiest one because it’s low near twilight)

Here’s how beginners can actually DO this: When to look Start ~20–40 minutes after sunset. You’ve got roughly 30–60 minutes before the lowest planets sink into the hazy horizon

@cosmos4u Correct. And a 'big if' for sure .

@thenightskyguy The third line is not right: at the very beginning of the press conference Isaacman stated that under the *old* plan the landing would not have been possible before 2029, now it would move forward a year - if all the program changes actually have the desired effects (a big if).

Just In: Big shakeup for NASA’s Moon plans: Artemis 3 is now a crewed test flight in low Earth orbit in 2027. lMoon landings now shift to Artemis 4 and 5, currently targeted for 2028. Q: Would you rather NASA move slower & test first, or push harder for a quicker Moon landing?

@MYSTARQUEST While safety/engineering obviously makes the final call, public support helps drive funding and priorities.

@thenightskyguy how is what we WANT relevant?