Parade of 7 planets is a don’t-miss ‘great alignment’ in the sky: Where, when and how to watch
When we have five or more planets filing into a small sky area, an alignment is upgraded to parade status. Parade is not an ...
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Our Solar System's journey through the Milky Way may have altered Earth’s climate
Millions of years ago, our Solar System traveled through a densely populated galactic region and was exposed to increased ...
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NASA supercomputer finds Milky Way-like spiral at solar system’s edge
NASA’s Pleiades supercomputer has provided fresh insights into the Oort cloud – ​​a vast, theoretical spherical shell of icy ...
'Gaia’s cosmic surprise': Giant planet found where it shouldn’t exist
Gaia unexpectedly discovered a giant exoplanet and a puzzling brown dwarf, challenging planetary formation theories and ...
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NASA supercomputer finds billions of comets mimicking the Milky Way's shape: 'The universe seems to like spirals!'
Spirals are a repeating theme in astronomy, with arguably the most famous example of a swirling armed structure being our home galaxy, the Milky Way ... when our solar system's planets were ...
A fancy new telescope is heading to space: Here’s what SPHEREx will do
SPHEREx is set to launch at Friday from California. Here are five things to know about NASA's latest advanced space telescope ...