Miss the Evening Planets? Cheer up With a Visit to Uranus

Planets are scarce these nights. Look around the late fall sky and you won't find a single one. At least not without optical aid. Only

Uranus VLT 2002 — Uranus has 27 moons, a half dozen of which are shown in this photo taken in 2002 by the VLT in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. Credit: ESO

December 08, 2017 at 8:43 PM

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