NASA’s new telescope will scan 100 million stars for planets

NASA’s next big planet hunter is designed to explore regions of the galaxy that almost no one has looked at or studied. The ...
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Why do Venus and Jupiter meet in the sky so often? It's a symptom of a solar system that hosts life

As it turns out, the conditions that set Venus and Jupiter up for their conjunctions in the sky are the same that are ...
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The Sky Today on Tuesday, June 9: Bright planets' conjunction

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. June 8: Venus and Jupiter close in Venus and ...

Planets, solstice and asteroids: 5 stargazing events for June 2026

June is prime time for stargazing, as warmer weather makes it easier to stay out and enjoy the night sky. There will be ...

Did this star eat its planets? A new study offers clues on 'chemical paradox' of a binary system

Astronomers have investigated a puzzling binary star system in which two stars that may have formed together now show ...
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Controversial 'JuMBO' planet pairs spotted by James Webb telescope may be capable of supporting life without a star

Two pairs of ‘rogue’ Jupiter-size, planet-like objects have been found in a large star-forming region in the Milky Way, a new ...
New Scientist

When the sun engulfs Earth, will the remnants become new planets?

When the sun eventually expires and swells to engulf Earth, might the remnants of landfill and deeply buried nuclear waste be ...

'Mini-Neptune' exoplanets may have smoggy atmospheres similar to diesel exhaust

The astronauts circling Earth on the Artemis mission sent back beautiful clear photos of the continents, clouds, and oceans.

Village solar system model shows planets and stars

A village in Kent is home to what is thought to be the world's largest scale model of the solar system and beyond, created to ...