Solar system’s smallest planet shrinking faster than we thought
There’s less Mercury in the system. Scientists found that Mercury, the solar system’s smallest planet, is shrinking far…
WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: When dust gets in your skies | Astronomy
Today: Every star rotates. Our Sun takes a little less than one Earth month to rotate once on…
Japan aims for the moons of Mars
KAGOSHIMA PREF. – Japanese scientists are readying a mission to Mars’ moons to retrieve samples that may unlock…
RTÉ Archives | Environment | Planet Pluto
The greatest astronomers in the world are discussing whether Pluto should be declassified as a planet. Astronomers from…
JWST captures stunning images of one of the lightest known exoplanets
Astronomers discovered Beta Pictoris d, a gas giant about 2.4 times Jupiter’s mass, after spotting it in VLT…
UN warns record strong El Nino will add fuel to a burning planet
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A strengthening El Nino has already broken records for intensity at its early stages,…
NASA’s MAVEN Illuminates New Understanding of Auroras at Mars
NASA MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission scientists have uncovered a key puzzle piece in understanding certain…
Rare Pair of Improbably Light ‘Super-Puff’ Planets Is Discovered
Astronomers have found a pair of the lightest giant planets known in the universe in a star system…
Astronomers Find an Atmosphere on a Nearby Earthlike Planet
There are a few key features that make a planet amenable to life, at least life as earthlings…
WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: Microwaves from outer space | Astronomy
Today: Let’s learn about Capella. It is the fourth brightest star we can see in Ellensburg. It is…
Mars Meets Uranus Before Dawn On July 4 In Closest Pairing Until 2053
Topline A rare dawn conjunction on Saturday, July 4, brings fourth planet Mars and seventh planet Uranus unusually…
Earth might avoid being swallowed by dying sun: Study
The Earth may not be engulfed by the expanding fireball of the dying sun, which has long been…