SkyCaramba

By SkyCarambaScience Astronomy

SkyCaramba episodes

August 02 Eye to eye with Mars and both inner planets at dichotomy
Earth is eye-to-eye with Mars in a manner of speaking.
The moon passes by Neptune, Saturn, and Uranus.
Venus approaches Porrima.
Venus and Mercury could both appear at semi-circle phase on the same day, even though math says they shouldn't.

6 min
July 26 Venus by the lion's tail
Venus is the only naked eye planet in our evening sky. It's near the lion's tail. Or it's by what some ancient observers likened to a dog pen.
Saturn and Mars shine in the morning. Mercury's joining them.
6 min
July 19 Two more faint objects at opposition together
Venus is below the lion's belly.
Saturn's rings are tipped to us.
Mercury makes it to the morning.
Two faint solar system objects were at opposition together earlier this month. Now, two more are.
6 min
July 12 About Earth's aphelion
Jupiter is exiting the evening sky.
The moon passes Regulus and Venus.
Saturn's rings at their best for a while.
Orion's hunting trip begins in the morning.
Earth is getting closer to the sun now, but that's not why it's so hot in the northern hemisphere lately.
6 min
July 05 Two asteroids at opposition
Two asteroids orbiting between Mars and Jupiter are up all night this week. One got its name because of two sad events that happened on the same date 13 years apart.
Venus passes by Regulus.
Jupiter approaches the crab.
The moon passes Saturn.
6 min
June 28 Mercury retreats and what the American colonists saw when they didn't
Mercury is leaving the evening sky.
Jupiter's still there but won't be for long.
Venus shines bright at dusk.
Mars and Uranus have a close call.
And find out what the people who didn't want to be British subjects anymore 250 years ago saw in the sky on July 4, 1776.
6 min
June 21 The moon in the room
The moon passes through a part of the sky ancient Chinese observers described as a room.
Mercury turns around.
Mars is near the seven sisters.
6 min
June 14 The moon by our evening planets
Venus enters the beehive.
Mercury's at greatest elongation.
The moon passes three planets in the evening sky.
The sun at solstice.
6 min
June 07 Three planets in one constellation
Three planets are in one constellation.
Mercury by Mebsuta.
The moon will be at its closest since December.
Two asteroids appear near Saturn.
6 min
May 31 Three planets in the west and a meteor shower on the radio
Three planets are in the west at dusk. Two planets are up in the morning. And there's a meteor shower whose radiant is up mostly in the daytime. But you may be able to detect the meteors with a radio.
6 min