Gas giants are large planets mostly composed of helium and/or hydrogen. Although these planets have dense cores, they don't ...

Look west just after sunset from this weekend for a chance to see some of six planets, though the best views will be had ...

OUR much-loved astrologer Meg sadly died in March 2023 but her column will be kept alive by her friend and protégée . Read on ...

When Juno passed behind Jupiter from Earth's perspective, its radio signal traveled through the planet's atmosphere before ...

Saturn's icy rings, first observed in 1610, span 282,000 km and are 10-100m thick. Voyager 1 discovered Jupiter's faint, dusty rings in 1979, extending ~226,000 km. Voyager 2 found Neptune's 5 rings + ...

Astronomers do not have a photo of Kepler-22b, but they used the so-called 'transit method' to detect it from 640 light-years away. Credit: NASA / Ames / JPL-Caltech illustration In Apple TV’s ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

The night sky will show a rare alignment of planets in the night sky, with Venus and Mercury visible the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 25. The best time to see the inner planets will be about 30 to 40 ...

Roughly four and a half billion years ago the planet Theia slammed into Earth, destroying itself, melting large portions of our planet’s mantle and ejecting a huge debris disk that later pulled ...

If you've ever wondered why we are here, then you can thank Jupiter for part of the answer. A new study from Rice University suggests that if it weren't for the gas giant, the Earth would have ...

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. When I think about what makes someone care about the natural world, ...

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