Shining in the constellation Gemini near the bright stars Pollux and Castor, Jupiter's opposition is the best time to see the ...
On January 5, 2005, astronomers at NASA discovered Eris, the second-largest dwarf planet in the solar system. Eris is just ...
On Saturday (Jan. 10), for example, we will see three satellites on one side of Jupiter (going outward from the planet: Ganymede, Io and Europa ), while the fourth ( Callisto) remains all by itself on ...
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A hidden world? Astronomers may have found a new solar system planet
Astronomers are closing in on one of the most tantalizing possibilities in planetary science, evidence that a previously ...
Mercury has long baffled astronomers because it defies much of what we know about planet formation. A new space mission ...
A solar conjunction occurs as Venus' orbit carries it into alignment with the sun and Earth. Venus will align with the sun ...
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, UK scientists have found an atmosphere on a red hot planet 280 light years away, in the ...
Green Matters on MSN
Experts are finally getting a look at how the universe builds its most common planets
A four-planet system reveals remarkable insights about how planets form and how they change during their lifetime.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large space telescope which collects light at infrared wavelengths. It has been ...
The upcoming year will offer a blood-red moon, spectacular meteor showers and the first glimpse of the sun’s corona since ...
With sapphire waterfalls, lava rain and orbits around dead stars, these distant worlds push the limits of what’s possible.
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