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A fascinating glimpse into how a solar system like our own is born has been revealed with the detection of planet-forming ...
Figuring out the day length of Earth is more complicated than you might imagine. While on average a day is 24 hours long, ...
Mercury reaches its greatest elongation, 26 degrees east of the sun on July 4. From latitude 40 degrees north, the ...
Watch the waning gibbous moon, Saturn, and Neptune meet in the night sky around midnight on July 16. The trio will travel ...
American space agency NASA announced the discovery of a planetary system that isn't flat, has transit timing variations, and shows orbital planes tilting ...
Venus moves east as July progresses and stands 3° due north of Aldebaran on the 14th, after skirting the northern regions of ...
A new investigation into old Kepler data has revealed that a planetary system once thought to house zero planets actually has ...
The James Webb telescope has made another stunning discovery -- this time of a massive planet that could potentially sustain ...
For the first time in 15 years, you can see a game of shadows across Saturn. You won't see it again until 2040.
Each month, a full moon lights up the night sky—but this July brings a special sight for stargazers. The full Buck Moon will ...
Astronomers confirm TOI-5573 b, a rare, miniature Saturn-like planet orbiting a small star, challenging theories of planetary ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered an exoplanet using the direct-imaging technique. The host star's light was ...