Astronomy

June 9, 2026

Jupiter and Venus Will Align With the Moon to Create “Holy Grail” of Planetary Brightness This Month

The two brightest planets visible from Earth are putting on a spectacular sky show this June. Over the next two weeks, Venus and Jupiter will appear unusually close together in the western sky after sunset, culminating in a striking alignment with the crescent moon on June 16 and 17. The celestial event centers on a planetary conjunction, which occurs when objects appear close together in the sky from Earth’s perspective.

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April 7, 2026

Marvel at NASA’s Artemis II Mission Launch by Watching It in Extreme Slow Motion

On Wednesday, April 1, 2026, at 6:35 p.m., the world watched as the Orion spacecraft began its launch. As part of NASA’s historic Artemis II mission, the ship carrying four astronauts was a feat of engineering and a celebration of the boundless curiosity of the human spirit. While many came to witness the launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, no one got as close to the action as National Geographic did.

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April 2, 2026

NASA’s Artemis II Launches First Crewed Moon Mission in Decades

History was made yesterday at Cape Canaveral. For the first time in over 50 years, a crewed mission is headed for the moon. Artemis II took off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a 10-day mission around the moon and back. The crew comprises NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen.

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