A Glimpse into Cosmos

The Universe fascinates me. I often look up at night to see the stars and planets visible to the naked eye. 

I occasionally gaze at Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in Orion's constellation. "You're still there," I tell myself, knowing it could go supernova between now and the next 100,000 years.

It was different today. Would you like to know why?

I saw the crescent Moon, followed by two white spots, one shinier than the other. "There you are," I said to Jupiter and Venus, smiling.

They are easy to spot in the late afternoon twilight, low in the West after sunset. They are visible between this February 21 and March 1.

Looking Around

SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION

We made it to the Moon. We landed on Venus. We landed on Mars. And we landed on Titan. What's next?

Man on the Moon

Venera-13 spacecraft on Venus

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover

Huygens probe on Titan, Saturn's largest moon