astronomy

Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating JUST A LITTLE! I am a super astronomy geek though and aced the subject in college. I've watched both the Carl Sagan and Neil Degrasse Tyson versions of "Cosmos" and I have the book. So what I heard today put me over the moon...

Tuesday night provided star-gazers around the world a rare opportunity when the planets Venus and Jupiter were both highly visible and in near-alignment with one another. Here is how it looked from different parts of the Yakima Valley facing west...