planetary

In the realm of astrology, each planet is believed to exude its own unique energy and influence on our lives. I am sure you all know this, but have you ever connected that a planet might influence the way you dress and express yourself…

Have you ever heard of Planetary Co-Presence? A lot of people are like “Oh it’s the conjunctions, sextiles, squares that matter” but a co-presence is equally as important as the rest. Most people don’t know this, but in ancient…

The Hubble Space Telescope snapped this image of the planetary nebula, cataloged as NGC 6302, with the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). More popularly called the Bug Nebula or the Butterfly Nebula, NGC 6302 looks like a delicate butterfly,…

Oct 11 (Reuters) - The spacecraft NASA deliberately crashed into an asteroid last month succeeded in nudging the rocky moonlet from its natural path into a faster orbit, marking the first time humanity has altered the motion of a…

Heart rates are spiking in the Washington suburbs, where scientists and engineers on Monday evening hope to witness a vending-machine-sized spacecraft that is 7 million miles from Earth crash into an asteroid.If everything goes as…

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Professor David Trilling, chair of Northern Arizona University’s Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, has been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation to launch a new partnership with Coconino Community College…

Is our Solar System comparable to other solar systems? What do other systems look like? We know from exoplanet studies that many other systems have hot Jupiters, massive gas giants that orbit extremely close to their stars. Is that…

An astrophotographer captured a beautiful picture of two planets aligned in the sky above Rome — and a little rain didn't stop him.Gianluca Masi spotted Venus and Jupiter hiding behind a thin cloud shortly after scuttling a planned…

Not all planetary systems are alike. Out there in the big, wide galaxy, a number of different configurations have been spotted, some vastly different from our home system. These include extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, that orbit not…