you’ll see a complete set of technical data for the planet, with a comparison to Earth. Though there are several named groups of asteroids, which are covered in the next section, the term “asteroid” ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

Although it's being mistakenly promoted as a "rare planetary alignment," one of the best "planet parades" in half a century ...

A planet parade is when several of our solar system's planets are visible in the night sky at the same time. There will be six planets visible this time around, including Venus, Mars, Jupiter ...

While Charon is currently listed as a satellite or moon by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), consideration is being given to it perhaps being classified as a dwarf planet in its own right, ...

An object we thought belonged to the most common category of planet in the galaxy has turned out to be something we've never seen ... because we have nothing directly analogous to them here in our ...

Astronomers recorded extreme winds of 33,000 kph on exoplanet WASP-127b, a 'hot Jupiter' with low density orbiting close to its star. Advanced atmospheric analysis revealed significant differences in ...

Throngs of devotees at the world's biggest religious gathering bathed in Indian rivers on Thursday, undeterred by a stampede ...

NASA researchers have discovered organic compounds and minerals essential for life in samples collected from the near-Earth ...

Scientists found that asteroid Bennu contained a set of salty mineral deposits that formed in an exact sequence when a brine evaporated, leaving clues about the type of water that flowed billions of ...

So you can see every planet in our solar system over the next month. Here's what you need to know to spot each planet. What is the planetary alignment? Though they appear in an arc across the sky ...