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Phosphine in the Atmosphere of Venus – life or exotic chemistry?

Phosphine in the Atmosphere of Venus

The entire British Isles can view (weather permitting) this magnitude +4.5 star slide behind the dark lunar limb.

Start the week with a beautiful dawn conjunction of the old crescent Moon, Venus and the Beehive Cluster, M44.

Neptune reaches opposition on 11 September 2020. Our Track Triton web app shows you where to find the outermost planet’s largest moon.

An exciting new outbreak on Jupiter has been reported today by Isao Miyazaki in Japan. He imaged a new, very

Our interactive Mars Mapper web app helps you identify the Red Planet’s surface features for the 2020-2021 apparition.

The weather has been rather variable over the past few days, with very hot and humid days and warm nights

Thanks to the support of the local Hampshire Astronomical Group (HAG), the Section was able to stage a most successful