Articles written by Grace Maiden & Nancy Montecinos

Grace Maiden and Nancy Montecinos|Updated Jul 3, 2018

Besides the usual fireworks used on July 4 to celebrate our country's independence, July 2018 skies will be lit up by a parade of all five naked-eye planets in the evening sky - highlighted by a close approach of Mars. Early in the month, attention should first be given to the planet Mercury hovering low in the western sky. On July 12 the smallest orb in the solar system will be at its greatest eastern elongation, placing it a full 26 degrees from the sun. Throughout the remai... Full story