Dr. Sky

As you may already know, the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing is coming on July 20th! Were you a witness to this event?

With the summer season underway, it’s time to search our Arizona skies for one of the most amazing sights in the entire night sky: the Milky Way galaxy.

Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun and one of the most memorable, with its amazing ring system. The best views will occur in just a few days, as the ringed planet will come to opposition the night of July 9.

The most amazing part of a new theory is that an asteroid-like body 200 kilometers in diameter may still be embedded in the mantle of the moon.

With the summer season about to begin, there are now sightings of some very unusual cloud formations being observed by millions of people around the world.

One of the most powerful meteor showers occurs in mid-August, with the famous Perseid meteor stream at night. But look for a daytime meteor shower, too - the Beta Taurids.

It appears that the great storm in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter, the “Red Spot,” is going through some dramatic changes.

The project is known as Starlink, as SpaceX hopes to place some 12,000 small satellites into orbit for a new global internet system.

Jupiter is a very bright planet and will now become an easy late evening planet in our Arizona skies.

Spring is in the air and there are some amazing sights to be seen in our May skies in Arizona!