https://www.nps.gov/jeff/blogs/ RSS Feed for Recent Blog Posts Sun, 31 May 2026 15:01:34 GMT https://www.nps.gov/jeff/blogs/june-2026-two-trios.htm Learn about two celestial trios visible in this June's sky. Thu, 28 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.nps.gov/jeff/blogs/june-2026-two-trios.htm https://www.nps.gov/jeff/blogs/buzzy-spring.htm After a rather quiet fall and early winter, late winter and early spring have featured a number of cool sky events. This month features the two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, well up in the west soon after sunset. Venus’ faster motion causes it close in on Jupiter throughout May, on the way to a tight pairing June 7-9. Venus is the lower and brighter of the two this month, as shown on the map below. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.nps.gov/jeff/blogs/buzzy-spring.htm https://www.nps.gov/jeff/blogs/april-2026-sister-act.htm To me, the skies of April have a sisterly theme. It starts with Venus, the brilliant starlike object fairly low in the western sky in the early evening. Venus is often termed Earth’s sister planet because it is nearly the same size as Earth and is most often the closest planet to us, although that title is sometimes held by Mercury or Mars. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.nps.gov/jeff/blogs/april-2026-sister-act.htm