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Strange Universe With Bob Berman

Saturn comes close!

Saturn wins the Miss Universe contest. For anyone who's ever seen it through a telescope, there are hardly any runners-up. Of course the big question is always where and when to look. Well, the when is right now, the next few weeks. The "where" is in the east early each night, and then in the south, in the constellation Aquarius.

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