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Showing that you shouldn't draw conclusions based on too few facts, new NASA research suggests that a decades-old view of ...
In a surprising cosmic revelation, Uranus is found to be engaged in a unique orbital dance with a Centaur named 2015 OU₁₉₄.
Astronomers have discovered an object at the edge of the solar system that is locked in a strange rhythmic dance with the ice ...
Astronomers have discovered a "fossil" world lying in the outskirts of the solar system, according to new research.
Because Pluto is so dim, you need a telescope to see it. “A backyard telescope could do it under the right conditions,” says ...
Astronomers have discovered a bizarre object in the outer solar system, 2020 VN40, that dances to Neptune’s gravitational beat in a never-before-seen rhythm. It’s the first of its kind, orbiting the ...
In new research, University of California, Irvine astronomers describe how more than 200 known exoplanets are likely much larger than previously thought. It's a finding that could change which distant ...
Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune each emit more energy than they receive from the Sun, meaning they have comparatively warm ...
The distant planet gets little heat from the Sun but makes its own, excited experts have found amid talk of a mission to see if its evolution could help combat climate change on Earth.
VOX Cape Town, led by UCT’s Dr John Woodland and Dr Kyle Paulssen, celebrated 10 years of performances with an immersive ...
When checking out Uranus, scientists discovered something exciting: that the planet appears to have a long-term girlfriend. In a new, not-yet-peer-reviewed paper, an international group of researchers ...
As the Moon reaches New, advanced observers can try photographing 3I/ATLAS while everyone can enjoy nebulae and more in the ...