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Neptune
Supersonic winds whip around our solar system's most distant ice giant.
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Venus
Super hot surface. Crushing atmosphere. Our solar system's planetary hot spot.
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Uranus
Knocked on its side long ago, this ringed ice giant was almost named "George" by its 18th century discoverer.
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Jupiter
King of the planets. Only the Sun has more influence on our solar system.
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King Moon
A November 2016 "supermoon" sets over the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC.
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Skywatching Tips from NASA
February
2020
This is the best time of the year to try to view Mercury, soon after sunset. Mars disappears behind the Moon on Feb. 18; and the bright red star on Orion’s shoulder, Betelgeuse, has been acting weird. (Or has it?)
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