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Apr 26, 2009

The Earth Is in the Five Houses, or Something

Space nerds, get ready: The Star Trek relaunch isn’t the only good news coming to the solar system this May. Cosmic correspondent Blaine Friedlander notes in the Washington Post that all five naked-eye planets will be out and about this month. Saturn can be found around 9 p.m. in the southern sky. Look for Venus, Mars, and Jupiter in the morning, and expect Mercury briefly after sunset in the early days of this month. Can…

 
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