: the side of a celestial body (such as the earth, the moon, or a planet) not in daylight
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Recent Examples on the WebAmateur #radio & #GPS users expect signal disruptions on Earth's nightside. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 18 July 2022 BepiColombo will fly by the planet's nightside, so images during the closest approach wouldn't be able to show much detail. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 1 Oct. 2021 While the next two flybys will likely not allow the probe to image the nightside, scientists will continue to use other instruments to study Venus' space environment. Julia Musto, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2022 Wood explained that, even on the nightside, the surface of Venus is about 860 degrees. Julia Musto, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2022 These atoms are carried over to the nightside by winds that reach more than 11,000 miles per hour (17,703 kilometers per hour). Ashley Strickland, CNN, 21 Feb. 2022 Webb will constantly face the nightside of Earth as the spacecraft and planet swoop around the sun in unison. Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Dec. 2021 Webb will constantly face the nightside of Earth as the spacecraft and planet swoop around the sun in unison.Fox News, 24 Dec. 2021 Rapid winds carry this over to the nightside, where relatively cooler temperatures hover around 2,400 degrees Fahrenheit (1,315 degrees Celsius). Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Oct. 2021 See More