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Current Issue: 2025 SKY ALMANAC
2025 SKY ALMANAC
by Damond Benningfield
This year’s annual Sky Almanac issue is packed with tips on what to look for in the night sky throughout 2025, including eclipses, meteor showers, and much more. The issue will also pass along (almost!) everything you’d ever want to know about some of the smallest members of the solar system.
Features
“Hot Times on Giant Planets”
by Jasmin Fox-Skelly
“Message to the Stars”
by Marc G. Ratcliff
The two brightest points of light in the night dominate opposite sides of the sky in early evening—Venus, the Evening Star, on the western side, and Jupiter, the second brightest, on the eastern side. Orion, Gemini, and other prominent constellations of winter begin their climb into the evening.
- Living Up the Winter Sun
- How About a Trail of Freeze-Dried Orange Drink
- Listen Up!
- Turning Out the Lights
- Stellar Feedback
- Uncovering Volcanic Secrets
- A Second Chase at Space
- Jetting Across the Universe
- Road Trips
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In the November/December 2024 issue, Merlin answers questions about Mars, Jupiter, and orbiting speeds around earth.
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