Mercury has long baffled astronomers because it defies much of what we know about planet formation. A new space mission ...
BepiColombo will arrive in 2026 to uncover the planet Mercury, and unravel how a planet as small, dense, and in such an odd ...
A Carnegie-led team of astronomers detected the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky planet beyond our ...
From the ‘year of the Moon’ to discovering ‘the history of the entire solar system,’ here is what to look out for.View on ...
Bright full moons, dazzling meteor shower displays and remarkable total eclipses will give stargazers plenty of reasons to ...
Astrologer Valerie Mesa shares the luckiest days of the year to tie the knot... and the worst Getty Your wedding day isn’t ...
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Don’t Miss These Ten Celestial Events in 2026, From Aligned Planets to a Total Solar Eclipse
The upcoming year will offer a blood-red moon, spectacular meteor showers and the first glimpse of the sun’s corona since ...
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January 2026: What's in the sky this month? Jupiter reaches opposition, Mercury briefly appears
Saturn is on display in the early-evening sky this month along with Uranus and Neptune, both within reach of binoculars.
As the New Year 2026 launches, only two bright planets, Saturn and Jupiter, are visible in the entire night sky.
Could the icy moons of our solar system hold life beyond our planet? Keith Cooper looks at how planetary scientists plan to ...
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Ancient molten exoplanet keeps its atmosphere against all odds
An ancient rocky world so close to its star that its surface is largely molten should have been stripped bare of gas long ago ...
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