A rare planetary alignment will grace our skies in June
Six of our solar system’s eight planets will soon be visible as a straight line in the night sky. This rare planetary alignment is expected to happen in the early …
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Uranus research suggests ice giant isn’t as wet as we thought
New research into Uranus and Neptune has revealed some striking information. Much about these two ice giants is still unknown, with missions to explore them more in-depth still in the …
Solar eclipse chasers travel the world for a few minutes in the shadow of the moon
For David Makepeace, falling in love with eclipses was just pure happenstance. It was 1991. He was 28, and in love with a young travel agent in his hometown of …
NASA’s Juno mission photographs Jupiter’s volcanic moon lo
This extraterrestrial photo shoot was far from lo-fi. NASA’s Juno mission passed within 930 miles of Jupiter’s volcanic third largest moon lo Saturday, capturing stunning images of the most volcanic …
These Rogue Worlds Upend the Theory of How Planets Form
“We know from direct imaging searches of young stars that very few stars have giant planets in [wide] orbits,” Bate said. “It is difficult to accept that there were many large …