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Mercury's at greatest elongation this week. Saturn's at opposition next week. You can see these planets on opposite sides of the sky.

Venus is in the evening sky. The moon passes in front of Spica.

Some people have claimed that Abraham Lincoln was so desperate to win a hopeless court case he fabricated evidence. Astronomy then and now can prove he was as honest as his reputation holds.

For a few years, there was a meteor shower in June that produced faint blue streaks. It doesn't happen anymore. It's not the only meteor shower to have gone extinct. But there's another shower that has come back.

Saturn seems to be holding still. Mercury emerges into the evening.

The brightest night star can be seen in the daytime at certain times of the year if you know exactly where to look.

And observations are underway to determine if human technology can nudge an asteroid.

Your idea of how the moon affects the tides is probably incomplete. Here's the rest of the story.

One of the fainter constellations is named for a crustacean, even though two of its stars are donkeys and one of its star clusters is described as a beehive.

The most famous whirlwind in the solar system has been spinning for almost 200 years. Some think it's been around more than 360 years. You can see it for yourself in a telescope--if you look at the right time.

Jupiter will soon be the closest it's been to Earth since 1963! The next time it's this close will be in the next century.

Mercury exits the evening sky and moves to the morning. Venus slowly leaves the morning. Mars marches eastward. And the equinox.

Mercury begins its retreat from the evening sky. Venus also heads sunward. Mars moves by the Hyades V.

And how do I take it when people ask me astrology questions?

Learn about the Great Square of Pegasus and some star names that maybe don't make horse sense.