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Once its rings vanish from sight in March 2025, Saturn will look like a pale yellow sphere through most telescopes.

Astronomers discover a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune 250 light years away from our solar system. These planets offer a ...

Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

This month, a total lunar eclipse and blood moon will be viewable across the U.S. Here's the best times and places to view the eclipse in Mississippi.

Astronomers using a cutting-edge adaptive optics instrument, MagAO-X, have captured unprecedented images of young planets ...

Out of all the planets in our solar system beyond Earth, most consider Saturn’s beauty ... Others propose that leftover ...

Dr Dan Brown, an astronomy expert here at Nottingham Trent University, explained to The Sun: "All planets including Earth move in more or less the same plane in our solar system. "So that from ...

On February 28, 2025, a rare planetary parade will occur, with all seven solar system planets aligned on one side of the Sun. This unique event, visible once again only in 2040, offers skywatchers ...

Planets in the solar system. Credit: NASA and ESA / CC BY-SA 4.0 A rare celestial event will unfold on the evening of Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, when seven planets line up in the night sky in a phenomenon ...