milky way - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/milky-way/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Tue, 02 May 2023 23:06:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 milky way - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/milky-way/ 32 32 103504436 Milky Way Evenings | May 2023 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/milky-way-evenings-may-2023-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=milky-way-evenings-may-2023-sky-happenings Tue, 02 May 2023 23:06:23 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32714 Editor’s Note: We are looking up as HMNS Astronomer James Wooten explains the sky happenings for the month of May and the collision of our Milky Way against the horizon. Venus is even higher in the evening sky this month.  It is slightly higher in...

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]]> 591697 Evenings with Mercury | May 2021 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/evenings-with-mercury-may-2021-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=evenings-with-mercury-may-2021-sky-happenings Thu, 06 May 2021 15:47:04 +0000 http://blog.hmns.org/?p=31581 Mars continues to fade a little bit each night now that Earth has overtaken it and is pulling away. However, it fades out gradually; Mars remains almost as bright as the stars around it in May 2021. And Mars is high in the west–well pla...

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