Nearly one third of known exoplanets are enormous gas giants, similar to Jupiter or Saturn. But whereas our solar system developed with gas giants far from our sun, some planetary systems consist of ...
The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...
An "extraordinarily rare planetary alignment" will be able to be seen in Bolton next month. Stargazers across the borough and beyond will be treated to a special event next month, with the display ...
Australians are among the hundreds of millions flocking to North India for one of the largest gatherings on earth. What makes ...
Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery in the WASP-132 system, finding two new planets that defy previous ...
This artist’s concept shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending towards asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the ...
NASA’s Juno mission found Io’s biggest volcanic eruption ever. The explosion was stronger than all Earth’s power plants ...
The car, launched in 2018 on a SpaceX rocket’s upper stage, is one of many human-made objects in deep space that could ...
On Dec. 27, 2024, NASA's Juno spacecraft swooped by the volcanic world Io. It witnessed a giant eruption.
Known as the "Parade of Planets," the celestial event will feature appearances from Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune and ...
Baker said that there are other astronomical events that may be more interesting than the parade of planets. Baker said Mars ...