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Grab the Chance to See Six Planets in a Spectacular Planet Parade This Weekend
Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.
NASA Spots a Star and Planet Racing at 1.2 Million MPH – A Record-Breaking Discovery
A star racing through the Milky Way may have a planet in tow, setting a new speed record for exoplanet systems. Using microlensing, astronomers spotted the pair moving at over 1.2 million mph.
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The Sky This Week from February 21 to 28: Saturn and Mercury meet
Two planets stand side by side as the evening twilight continues to delight and colorful stars shine in the sky this week.
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First 3D view of an exoplanet's atmosphere reveals alien weather that's "Out of science fiction"
A recent study has unveiled how chemical elements and powerful winds shape the atmosphere of a planet far beyond our solar system.
How To Catch Seven Planet 'Parade' for Last Time Until 2036
Stargazers in parts of the U.S. have a fleeting opportunity this month to catch a rare celestial phenomena—a "parade" of ...
Old NASA mission reveals an unlikely world harbors an ocean
Callisto, the third largest moon in the entire solar system, orbits Jupiter from about 1.2 million miles away. The rocky ...
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Probability of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade increases, NASA says
The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, according to ...
Chance of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade rises to 3.1%, NASA says
The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, according to ...
Scientists just looked inside a truly sci-fi planet
The research has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature.
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Where Are the Universe’s Missing Planets?
Planet demographics reveal a puzzling lack of worlds in a certain size range throughout the galaxy F or centuries our solar ...