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1 day ago · In the early morning twilight on June 4, 2024, Mercury will pair with up Jupiter. The largest and smallest planets of our solar system will be 0.1 degrees apart. Look for them very low above the ...
3 days ago · These images form the backbone of the IMAX film A Beautiful Planet, featuring Terry and narrated by Jennifer Lawrence. National Geographic published View from Above, a book featuring some of...
3 days ago · The Nibiru cataclysm is a supposed disastrous encounter between Earth and a large planetary object (either a collision or a near-miss) that certain groups believed would take place in the early 21st century. Believers in this doomsday event usually refer to this object as Nibiru or Planet X. The idea was first put forward in 1995 by Nancy ...
2 days ago · By Michelle Starr. (Patrick Hendry/Unsplash) Six of the planets of the Solar System are about to line up for a rare sight in Earth's sky. In the wee small hours of 3 and 4 June 2024, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus will appear in a straight line in an alignment known as a planet parade.
3 days ago · In September 2020, astronomers using microlensing techniques reported the detection, for the first time, of an Earth-mass rogue planet (named OGLE-2016-BLG-1928) unbound to any star and free floating in the Milky Way galaxy. In December 2013, a candidate exomoon of a rogue planet (MOA-2011-BLG-262) was announced. Direct imaging
3 days ago · Pluto ( minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most- massive known object to directly orbit the Sun. It is the largest known trans-Neptunian object by volume, by a small margin, but is less massive than Eris.
4 days ago · By Gregor Krambs. Updated on May 22, 2024 06:20. Many enthusiasts and scientists alike have long debated which celestial body holds the title for the most captivating beauty. Every planet, with its unique composition and aesthetic, presents a case for its splendor.
