Following the ‘Wandering Stars’ - The Provincetown Independent

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Following the ‘Wandering Stars’ - The Provincetown Independent

The colorful nightly parade of planets that began in January continues this month and next, with Venus, Jupiter, and Mars all visible after dark — clouds permitting. These planets can serve as winter guides to help you go deeper in the night sky. Here, I follow them to find constellations that are familiar to many people as signs of the zodiac, and from there to learn some lesser-known stars. There’s more to the winter sky than just Orion. It’s …

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American astrophysicist Neil DeGraasse explained that “they are orphaned planets, removed from their mother stars during the chaotic birth of their native solar systems.” Read more