In 2015, Hubble Space Telescope imagery was used to create an HD look at the gas giant planet Jupiter. [Facts about our solar system's largest planet]( Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured footage of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in 2021. See them spin in this time-lapse. Credit: SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC), Michael H. Wong (UC ...

Astronomy enthusiasts, mark September 21st on your calendars. Saturn will be at its closest and brightest, visible to the ...

The idea of spending my evenings along the river peering into the heavens sounded fun, so I added a Hestia to my pack. Here’s ...

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They found that Venusian co-orbitals are highly unstable, often switching orbital patterns in cycles lasting about 12,000 ...

The rate of finding these distant worlds has recently increased, with astronomers scrambling to accommodate the data ...

An international study led by researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil has identified a little-known but potentially significant threat: Asteroids that share Venus's orbit and may ...

Fast-forward to today: we’ve gone from one lonely planet to a catalog of thousands. The pace is accelerating. In 2015, NASA’s Kepler telescope had confirmed its 1,000th exoplanet. By 2022, the tally ...

Astronomers from the University of Arizona helped detect a baby planet outside of our solar system. Specialized telescopes from Arizona and Chile contributed to the discovery.

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Researchers are discussing 2025 PN7, a small celestial body that's following a similar orbital path to our planet's without being gravitationally tied to Earth ...