Star gazers get rare conditions to see several planets at once Saturday: ‘Very, very special’
While planets circle the sun in what's called and heliocentric orbit, they rarely fall together in what appears to the human ...
New planet in the solar system? This is the new discovery by scientists that could change the view of our planetary neighborhood
A powerful new tool comes online this year that could help astronomers locate the mysterious planet hiding somewhere beyond ...
Scientists Think An Ancient Interloper Once Disrupted Our Entire Solar System
When you first learned about the Solar System, you probably saw diagrams that made it look orderly, with planets arranged in ...
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Could planets orbiting red dwarfs host life?
Planets with suns like Wolf 359 are subject to huge blasts of radiation that raise questions about their long-term ...
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Invisible 'flickering' on the sun could predict potentially dangerous solar flares hours in advance
Images captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that "coronal loops" give off subtle flashes of ...
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How to see all the solar system’s planets in the night sky at once
All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – ...
Extreme supersonic winds measured on a planet outside our solar system
Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds ...
Astronomers detect ferocious jet-stream winds on alien planet
In Earth's upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 275 miles (442 km) ...
James Webb Unveils a Mysterious Planet Unlike Anything in Our Solar System
The James Webb Space Telescope has provided groundbreaking insights into a new type of exoplanet, fundamentally different ...
Supersonic winds rage on planet over 500 light-years from Earth
Astronomers discovered supersonic winds on a giant gas planet located over 500 light-years from Earth. In a study released Tuesday in Astronomy & Astrophysics astronomers who have been studying ...
How to Watch the Rare Planet Parade Twinkle Across the Night Sky
Six planets are lining up in a row from our Earthly view of the cosmos, in a spectacle that'll be visible in January through ...
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Extreme supersonic winds measured on planet outside our Solar System
Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds up to 33,000 km/h, the winds make up the fastest jet-stream of its kind ever ...