You’ll be able to see Mercury, Saturn together in the night sky next week
Ahead of its dance with Saturn on Feb. 24, Mercury should be seen on Feb. 19 at magnitude -1.2 with binoculars 20 minutes ...
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Giant planet or 'failed star?' Newfound mystery world blurs the lines
"With an orbital period of 570 days, it is a relatively cold gas giant planet," said Guðmundur Stefánsson of the University of Amsterdam in a statement. This orbital period places it a little closer ...
Astrophysicists suggest shaded outer disk regions formed Jupiter's largest moons
A pair of astrophysicists with Aix- Marseille Université, CNRS, and Institut Universitaire de France have developed a new ...
Seven planets to align in 'rare' planetary parade – when and where to spot each one
Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...
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Webb telescope reveals birth of planets in a distant star system
Astronomers have taken a major step in understanding how planets form, thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). A ...
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This giant planet formed in a strange way, scientists find
An artist's conception of a gas giant world (the large planet on the right) in another solar system. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / T. Pyle (SSC) The distant world WASP-121b is so hot that it hosts ...
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Planetary alignment happening in February: Planets make 'string' across California skies
Take advantage of a special 6-7 planet alignment from Earth's perspective. Planets 'line up' in the skies over California in ...
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Planetary alignment happening in February: Planets make 'string' across California skies
The solar system's biggest gas giant planet orbits an average of 484 million ... That decision came several years after discovering the Kuiper Belt, a ring of icy and rocky objects 2.8 billion ...