Jupiter and Saturn will align in the night sky on December 21st. The two planets only align every two decades or so. The planets will appear so close that they’ll look like a >>
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How did astronomers miss this asteroid that just almost hit Earth?
A small asteroid made an extremely close pass of Earth recently and wasn’t detected until after it had already passed. The asteroid known as 2020 VT4 flew by Earth at a distance of >>
Life on Venus? Jupiter may have made Venus inhabitable
New research suggests that Venus was once potentially habitable, but that likely changed when Jupiter swooped in and messed things up. Venus once had a much more elliptical orbit, allowing its surface to >>
This ‘Pi Planet’ orbits is star every 3.14 days
Astronomers have spotted an exoplanet orbiting a cool star that completes a year in just 3.14 days. Nicknamed the “Pi Planet” or “Pi Earth,” the roughly Earth-sized world is extremely hot. Its surface >>
Scientists think there was another Sun just like ours, but it vanished
Researchers have theorized that our Sun once had a binary companion or another star that was roughly the same size as itself. The binary pair may have been responsible for drawing in the >>
Scientists just found 95 new almost-stars near our system
Citizen scientists helped to scour data gathered by NASA and other groups to find evidence of brown dwarfs lurking near our own solar system. Brown dwarfs aren’t massive enough to become stars, but >>
Astronomers just spotted ancient stars lurking at the edges of our galaxy
Astronomers have discovered some truly ancient stars hanging around the edges of the Milky Way galaxy. The scientists believe the stars are all that remains of an ancient system that was torn apart >>
China delivers a stunning photo of Earth and the Moon from its Mars probe
China’s mission to Mars took a moment to capture the Earth and Moon in its rearview mirror. The mission will be the first Chinese rover mission to the Red Planet, but it also >>
