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Rare Alignment Gives NASA A Chance To Peer Into Uranus
On April 7, 2025, star HIP 16271 was occulted by Uranus. As a star, it is by no means famous. A yellow-white star in the ...
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Saturn: Facts about the ringed planet
Discover interesting facts about Saturn, its rings and whether it could contain extraterrestrial life.
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Scientists Strive to Explain the Strange Weather on Other Planets
Space exploration missions have revealed that polar vortices aren’t uncommon beyond Earth. They’ve been observed throughout ...
NASA's Lucy spacecraft gets up-close look of strange peanut-shaped asteroid: See images
NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the ...
Planetary alignment provides NASA rare opportunity to study Uranus
When a planet's orbit brings it between Earth and a distant star, it's more than just a cosmic game of hide and seek. It's an ...
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NASA Takes Advantage of Planetary Alignment to Take a Peek at Uranus
On April 7, Uranus passed in front of a distant star located 400 light-years away, giving NASA scientists a rare cosmic alignment in which to investigate the distant ice giant. During the hour ...
How to see 4 planets align during April’s ‘parade of planets’
April’s planetary parade has fewer planets. Only four will line up: Venus, Saturn, Mercury and Neptune. April's parade of ...
Cosmic Parade: Planets, the Moon, and a Comet Dazzle Over Paranal
A dazzling snapshot from ESO’s Paranal Observatory captures a rare sky parade — the Moon, a comet, and nearly every visible planet strung across the heavens. This celestial lineup is an optical ...