June 11 - Venus, Mars and Young Moon After Sunset

June 11 Venus, Mars and Young Moon After Sunset by:

Young moon June 11 to 15, 2021. During this time, the moon passes 2 bright planets - Venus and Mars - plus several bright stars.

Young moon, Venus, Mars after sunset This month, new moon happened on June 10, and created this year's first solar eclipse. For the next several evenings, look for the young moon, and the planets Venus and Mars, plus several bright stars. Tonight, the moon will be an exceedingly thin crescent, very low in the west after sunset. A lovely sight if you can catch it! Read more. See first new images of Ganymede in over 20 years The last time we saw Jupiter’s largest moon Ganymede up close was over 2 decades ago, when the Galileo spacecraft flew by it in May 2000. Now, NASA has released some amazing new closeups of the giant moon, taken by the Juno orbiter on June 7. The stunning images reveal Ganymede’s icy surface in striking detail. They show the moon’s craters, bright and dark terrain and long linear features that may be similar to tectonic faults on Earth. See the images. NASA has announced 2 missions to Venus by 2030. Here’s why that’s exciting For decades, the exploration of our solar system left one of our neighboring planets, Venus, largely unexplored. Now, things are about to change. On June 2, NASA announced that the agency was giving the go-ahead to 2 missions, and they’re both bound for Venus, scheduled to launch between 2028 and 2030. This marks a considerable change in direction for NASA’s planetary science division, which hasn’t sent a mission to the planet since 1990. Hear from a space scientist on why it’s exciting news.

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Favorite photos of yesterday’s ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Eliot Herman captured this photo of the ‘ring of fire’ at 39,000 feet above Ontario. He wrote: “I was on the Sky and Telescope annular eclipse flight over Ontario, Canada. Viewing prospects for the eclipse on the ground were not promising given weather and virus closures. We had a great view from the air with the sun in eclipse well above the clouds. The flight was great fun for the eclipse chasers.” Thanks, Eliot!  See more photos of the June 10 annular eclipse, including fiery orange photos of the partial phase.

Favorite photos of yesterday’s solar eclipse View at EarthSky Community Photos. | This photo comes from Mark Turner in London, Ontario. He wrote: “Wanted to capture the eclipse rising from Georgian Bay, but as the weather changed where I live in London, I knew I should climb as high as I could to catch it rising above the downtown core. I climbed to the top of our local ski hill, up the uncut, slippery, steep backside with 60 pounds of gear and made it just in time. It was worth every second.” Thanks, Mark! More eclipse images from EarthSky friends. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Subscribe & Support Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription. Want to help support EarthSky? Forward this email to a friend. Share our content via your social media. Consider a donation. Go shopping at the EarthSky Store. Thank you for your support!

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