The rings of Saturn are going to disappear in a few months. Here's what's happening
Saturn will undergo a drastic change in the coming months, at least as the planet is seen from Earth. Here's what's going to ...
We've been wrong about Uranus for nearly 40 years, new analysis of Voyager 2 data reveals
Voyager 2's 1986 flyby of Uranus, the main source of our knowledge of the icy planet, could have come at the same time as a ...
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New Study Shows That Earth Likely Had Rings Similar To Saturn’s For Tens Of Millions Of Years
According to a new study that was published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Earth may have once had rings ...
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A first look at rocks from the lunar farside create a volcanic mystery
Rocks returned by China’s Chang’e-6 mission suggest volcanic activity just 2.8 billion years ago but lack telltale heat-generating elements.
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Uranus’s upper atmosphere has been cooling for decades. Now, scientists have shown why
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI Observations of Uranus in the near-infrared from 1992 to 2018 reveal that the planet’s upper ...
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The Sky This Week from November 15 to 22: 2024’s last Super Moon occults the Pleiades
The Full Super Moon occults the Pleiades, the ice giant Uranus reaches opposition, and the Leonid meteor shower peaks in the ...
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Why a Ring Appears Around the Moon
Here's when to spot a lunar halo in the night sky Although many lunar phenomena are one-night-only events, a ring around the moon is much less elusive. Also known as a lunar halo, a bright white ring ...