United Earth Space Probe Astronomers.

05/23/2026

We discovered Pluto on February 18, 1930.

Since that day… it hasn't finished even one trip around the Sun.

That's because one Pluto year = 248 Earth years.

Its orbit isn't a clean circle like Earth's. It's stretched, tilted, and massive. At times it swings so close to the Sun that it actually passes inside Neptune's orbit.

That kind of path takes time. A lot of it.

And here's the wild part…

Before Pluto could even complete that one orbit, we called it a planet, celebrated it, debated it… and then demoted it.

In 2006, astronomers reclassified it as a dwarf planet. It hadn't even finished its first lap.

Discovered. Named. Demoted. All in a single orbit. 🪐

152 years from now, Pluto will quietly cross that finish line.

No one alive today will witness it.

05/23/2026

☀️🪐 Today, Uranus is hidden directly behind the Sun — making the distant ice giant completely invisible from Earth.
This rare alignment, called solar conjunction, happens when Uranus passes behind the Sun from our point of view. During this time, the planet is lost in the Sun’s intense glare, making it impossible to observe with telescopes.
But this disappearance is only temporary.
Over the next few months, Uranus will slowly return to the early morning sky, rising a little earlier before sunrise each day. By November 25, it will reach opposition — the point where Uranus sits opposite the Sun in Earth’s sky, appearing at its brightest and closest of the year.
For now, the seventh planet has quietly vanished into sunlight, waiting to emerge once again from the dawn sky.

05/23/2026

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05/22/2026

05/22/2026

04/15/2026

Six launches are scheduled worldwide this week, with the highlight being the third launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn (featuring a previously-flown booster). SpaceX is expected to launch three Starlink missions this week: two from California and one from Florida. And internationally, two Chinese rockets, a Lilian-1 and Chang Zheng 2D, are scheduled to launch unknown payloads from Jiuquan.

For the weekly launch roundup article, written by John Sharp, click the link in the comments below. 👇

04/15/2026

11/29/2025

🌙🪐 Moon–Saturn Conjunction — November 29 🪐🌙

• A glowing crescent Moon meets Saturn in a close, picture-perfect pairing.
• Saturn will shine like a soft golden star beside the Moon in the southwest.
• Best time to watch: just after sunset, when both sit highest in the evening sky.
• No telescope needed — but binoculars make Saturn even clearer.

A calm, beautiful way to wrap up November skywatching. 🌙✨