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The What's Up monthly skywatching tips video is NASA's longest running web video series.

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What’s Up: June 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA
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Planets, Solstice, and the Galaxy Venus and Saturn separate, while Mars hangs out in the evening. Plus the June solstice, and dark skies reveal our home galaxy in all of its glory. Skywatching Highlights All Month – Planet Visibility: Daily…

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What’s Up: May 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA
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Eta Aquarids & Waiting for a Nova!  The first week of May brings the annual Eta Aquarid meteors, peaking on the 6th. And sometime in the next few months, astronomers predict a “new star” or nova explosion will become visible…

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What’s Up: April 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA
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April (Meteor) Showers and See a City of Stars! Enjoy observing planets in the morning and evening sky, look for Lyrid meteors, and hunt for the “faint fuzzy” wonder that is the distant and ancient city of stars known as…

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Meet the What's Up Production Team

"What's Up" is NASA's longest running web video series. It had its first episode in April 2007 with original host Jane Houston Jones. Today, Preston Dyches, Christopher Harris, and Lisa Poje are the space enthusiasts who produce this monthly video series at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Additional astronomy subject matter guidance is provided by JPL's Bill Dunford, Lyle Tavernier, and the Night Sky Network's Kat Troche.

The What's Up team celebrates the memory of Gary Spiers, who provided astronomy observing guidance for the series for many years.

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