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Astronomers Find Four Sub-Earth Planets Just Six Light-Years Away
Barnard’s Star has fascinated astronomers for decades. At just six light-years away, it is the second-closest single star to ...
Spinning through space: The astronomers watching the skies for asteroids
"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...
Scientists Potentially Found a Three-Body Problem in Space—but the Mystery Is Just Beginning
Floating around at the edge of the Solar System are leftovers from its formation. This is the Kuiper Belt, which is composed ...
When Disks Collide: The Violent Birth of Rogue Planets
How do rogue planetary-mass objects – celestial bodies that fall between planets and stars in size – come into existence? An ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN1d
Astronomers Discover 128 New Moons Orbiting Saturn, Cementing the Planet’s Title of ‘Moon King’
The sheer number of objects suggests scientists will soon have to grapple with what counts as a moon versus what’s just a ...
Mysterious Mars moon captured in unprecedented images by space probe
A space probe named Hera captured images of Mars' small Deimos moon while on a mission to examine an asteroid.
Which planet has the most moons? Saturn dethrones Jupiter.
The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...
The Associated Press on MSN13d
Every planet of our solar system is lining up in the February night sky
The astronomical linkup is fairly common and can happen at least every year depending on the number of planets.
What If Each Planet Had a Signature Bollywood Dance Move
Imagine the solar system's planets throwing a Bollywood dance party. Each planet has its unique dance move. Mercury moves ...
Space.com11d
The brightest planets in March's night sky: How to see them (and when)
The first two weeks of March provide a great opportunity to sight four bright naked-eye planets in the early evening sky. Low toward the west blazes Venus, which serves as a convenient celestial ...
WDW News Today on MSN2d
Spinning Effect Restored to Planet Earth Sculpture Outside Mission: SPACE
SPACE is finally spinning once again. Mission: SPACE Earth Sculpture Spinning The exterior of Mission: SPACE has undergone ...