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February Astronomy: All of the Planets of Our Solar System Make Appearances This Month—and Venus Is as Bright as It Ever Gets
On Feb. 24, from west to east, you can see Mercury, Saturn, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars, all spanning 117.5°, ...
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The Bennu asteroid reveals clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...
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Ingredients of life from an unknown water world found in asteroid Bennu dust sample
Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...
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A ‘parade of planets’ in NYC's night skies for February
A shortcut for New Yorkers to spot some of the planets is to look for them when they are near the moon. On Feb. 1, Venus will appear just above the crescent moon. On the third day of the month, ...
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A super-earth to test the limits of habitability
ANDES stands for ArmazoNes high Dispersion Echelle Spectrograph. AndES is a high-resolution instrument that can search for ...
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5 Never-Made Russian Rockets and Spacecraft That Should Have Killed America's Space Dreams
Animation specialist Hazegrayart put together a video of ten never-made Russian rockets and spacecraft, these are the first ...
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Spot six planets in a spectacular planet parade this weekend, here’s how
Starting up again Saturday, a sweeping view of our solar system will glow in the night sky. The planetary alignment, or a ...
NASA's Juno spacecraft watches most powerful volcanic event ever seen on Jupiter's moon Io
NASA's Juno spacecraft has spotted the most powerful volcanic eruption ever seen on the solar system's most volcanic body, ...
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There's Still Time to Spot Six Planets in a Spectacular Planet Parade This Week
Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but get a telescope and you can spot Neptune and Uranus.
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20 years ago, the discovery of Eris spelled doom for planet Pluto
When astronomers found a large world farther out than Pluto, it became one of the final nails in the coffin of our ninth ...
A rare planetary alignment is lighting up the night sky—here’s how to see it
Though the planets are always “aligned,” seeing more than four in the sky is more uncommon. February’s lineup is a chance to ...
Astronomers Orbiting TRAPPIST-1 Star Could Be Peering Back At Earth
A U.S. scientist searching for a civilization across 7 Earth clones circling the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 says its own alien ...