After attaining opposition with the sun last month, Mars is now moving away ... thanks to its proximity to the Twin Stars of Gemini, Pollux and Castor. Finally, during the last week of February ...
At 34 and 51 light-years distant, these star systems are in the sun’s neighborhood. Pollux is a single giant star nine times the radius of the sun with one confirmed exoplanet in orbit ...
Straight south in the early evening is the familiar constellation Orion. Above Orion, to the northeast, the constellation ...