‘Mind Blowing’ Trojan Planet Suspected of Sharing the Same Orbit as Its Sibling

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A group of radio telescopes in the Chilean desert was aimed at a young star system 400 light years away when it detected something unusual: a cloud of debris chasing a planet along the same orbit. The debris could be a planet in the midst of being born or the remains of one that already exists, making this the first…

Astronomers spot a sneak peek of Earth's death — a star swallowing a planet whole — for the first time

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illustration of small orange planet touching giant yellow star with white and blue streaks of material shooting out
This artist's interpretation shows a star so bloated that it's engulfing a doomed planet.

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When, where, and how to see the rare alignment of 5 planets in the night sky this month

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Mars, Uranus, Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury on a sky background
Top to bottom: Mars, Uranus, Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury will align like this in late March. This image is not to scale. Images of the planets have been overlaid on the sky to show their order.

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is so powerful it discovered sand storms on a planet 235 trillion miles away

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image of red planet in distant galaxy
An illustration of the exoplanet known as VHS 1256 b.

NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)

How to see the Jupiter-Venus conjunction shining bright enough for the naked eye on Thursday night

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night sky dark blue through dark trees with two dots bright overhead venus and jupiter
The planets Venus, left, and Jupiter, right, with three of its moons visible, appear close to each other in the sky above tree branches after dusk.

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Suck It, Saturn: Jupiter Now Officially Has Most Moons in the Solar System

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Jupiter is a superstar in our solar system. It’s the biggest, it’s wonderfully gassy, and it now has the most documented moons, clocking in at 92 natural satellites.

Watch Four Planets Spin Around a Star 130 Light-Years Away

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Astronomical phenomena tend to occur over timespans that dwarf our human scale—a galaxy changes over millions and billions of years, not decades.

NASA Team to Investigate Recurring Problem With Juno Orbiter Camera

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The Juno spacecraft did not take all the images it was supposed to during a flyby of Jupiter on January 22. NASA says it will look into the problem.

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