Around 4 billion years ago, an asteroid hit the Jupiter moon Ganymede. Now, a Kobe University researcher has realized that the solar system's biggest moon's axis has shifted as a result of the impact, which confirmed that ...
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Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, harbors a dark secret: extremely young ice deposits in permanently shadowed craters near its poles. If that sounds vaguely familiar, it's because our moon and planet Mercury ...
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Apr 16, 2024
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Jupiter is our solar system's undisputed king of the planets. Jupiter is bright and easy to spot from our vantage point on Earth, helped by its massive size and banded, reflective cloud tops. Jupiter even possesses moons ...
Planetary Sciences
Feb 15, 2024
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Data collected by NASA's Juno mission indicates a briny past may be bubbling to the surface on Jupiter's largest moon.
Astronomy
Oct 31, 2023
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The origin of Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, is mysterious in many ways. It has a metallic core, like Earth, but its core makes up a much larger fraction of its volume—85% compared to 15% for Earth.
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Wake up early this weekend to catch a celestial sight: Five planets will line up in the sky before sunrise on Saturday.
Planetary Sciences
Jun 16, 2023
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Keep an eye to the sky this week for a chance to see a planetary hangout.
Planetary Sciences
Mar 26, 2023
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More than half the solar system's planets will align Monday in a rarely seen spectacle, arcing across a corner of the night sky.
Astronomy
Mar 23, 2023
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Sunsets provide some of the most beautiful natural imagery anywhere on Earth. People flock from all over to see sunsets at specific places at specific times, such as when they perfectly align down a street in Manhattan. But ...
Planetary Sciences
Mar 20, 2023
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Simulations of the formation of the solar system have been largely successful. They are able to replicate the positions of all the major planets along with their orbital parameters. But current simulations have an extreme ...
Planetary Sciences
Feb 2, 2023
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