Jupiter currently shines as a brilliant silvery "star" in the constellation Gemini the Twins, low in the east-northeast sky ...

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Six planets are hanging out in the sky this month in what’s known as a planetary parade. Catch the spectacle while you can because it’s the last one of the year. These linkups happen when several ...

Explore seven factual aspects of Jupiter, including its size, moons, rotation, atmosphere, rings, formation, and magnetic field based on NASA findings.

Astronomers are closing in on one of the most tantalizing possibilities in planetary science, evidence that a previously ...

Viewed from orbit, Jackass Flats — situated in southern Nevada about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas — could easily be confused for Mars. The alluvial basin is full of tan and gray regolith, hued ...

NASA has unveiled the largest planet-forming disc ever recorded, after capturing striking new images with the Hubble Space ...

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With sapphire waterfalls, lava rain and orbits around dead stars, these distant worlds push the limits of what’s possible.