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Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury will be visible in an uncommon planetary alignment this month.

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Lobster-eye satellite Einstein Probe captured the X-ray flash from a very elusive celestial pair. The discovery opens a new ...

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Pluto may not be a planet any more, but you still have a chance to see the distant dwarf planet at one of Michigan's observatories.

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the solar system, mapping its 3D structure for the first ...

“New Horizons shattered a major paradigm of planetary science,” says Alan Stern, the mission’s principal investigator. “Pluto ...

White dwarf stars could host habitable planets. Fast planetary rotation reduces cloud cover, keeping surface temperatures stable.

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A vast construction site southwest of Beijing has drawn the scrutiny of U.S. intelligence services, which suspect that China ...