Both Pollux and its twin star, Castor, take their names from half brothers ... Australia-based citizen astronomy project theSkyNet in 2015 via a competition run by the International Astronomical ...

Castor, which is farther than Pollux at 51 light-years away ... To find out Joe's latest project, visit him on Twitter.

You can contact her at [email protected]. Stargazers are in for a treat tonight, with Venus set to line up with Gemini stars Castor and Pollux. The glowing planet will dwarf the twin stars ...

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The ancient Greeks believed that the constellation Gemini represented the twin horsemen Castor and Pollux. According to one version of the story, Castor was an ordinary human, while Pollux ...

Pollux and Castor are two fairly bright stars not far apart on the face of the night sky, prominent on April evenings. These two are considered the “heads” in the constellation, Gemini the Twins.