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The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

Former NFL referee Dan Schachner, who has ruled as Puppy Bowl human "Rufferee" with bad dog puns and mock penalty flags since 2012, assures USA TODAY that Rocky is gonna fly now. The doe-eyed ...

An alien world with a seemingly sulphur-filled atmosphere may be the most volcanic planet astronomers have ... tantalising hints of atmospheres on rocky… Receive a weekly dose of discovery ...

That is, the region in which a given rocky planet can harbor liquid water at its surface. The detection was enabled by twenty years of observations using a spectroscopic instrument dubbed HARPS ...

“If this planet’s true mass is really about 6.5 Earth masses, it could be an Earth—a large rocky planet,” he says. But it could just as well be a rather unearthly orb, he adds, with a ...

On any given night, it's likely that knowledgeable stargazers will be able to spot at least one bright planet shining in the night sky. Because they don't happen every year, such cosmic displays ...

The planet, if it is indeed a planet, is one of the most massive ever detected around a small star. One of the largest exoplanets to be found orbiting a relatively low-mass star has been ...

Extraterrestrial landers sent to gather samples from the surface of distant moons and planets have limited time and battery ...

By Feb. 24, however, Mercury will be farther away from the sun and thus easier to spot after sunset low in the western sky, near Saturn. For skywatchers with high-powered binoculars or a telescope ...

NASA has called this skywatching event a “planet parade.” While they don’t occur every year, the chance to see multiple bright planets at the same time overhead is not particularly rare ...

Like a celestial parade across the cosmos, five bright planets are lighting up the night sky and visible with the naked eye all February long — with two other planets also detectable for ...