A magical planetary alignment will occur this month — how, where and when to see it happen
Mars will be making its closest approach to Earth in two years, and thus, the mighty red planet, named for the god of war ...
New telescope could finally prove there is an elusive 'Planet X' in our solar system
There are eight official planets (sorry, Pluto) in our solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and ...
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Does Planet Nine exist?
Growing up, I was taught that there were nine planets in the solar system. That all changed in 2006, when the International ...
New planet in the solar system? This is the new discovery by scientists that could change the view of our planetary neighborhood
A powerful new tool comes online this year that could help astronomers locate the mysterious planet hiding somewhere beyond ...
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NASA confirms discovery of new planet in solar system
The potential discovery of a large planet beyond Neptune’s orbit could change everything we know about the Solar System.
On this date: New Horizons probe launches for Pluto and beyond
NASA launched the New Horizons probe which would provide never-before-seen images of the dwarf planet, its moons and other objects.
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What's a Planet and Why Is Pluto Not in the Planet Club Anymore? by Andrew Fraknoi
Although Seeing in the Dark doesn't directly discuss Pluto, it does celebrate the joy of observing planets. Viewers who watch the show may wonder what happened to Pluto in 2006 and whether any of ...
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Largest Camera in the World Will Look for Planet Nine
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Unless you’re really on the low end of our listener age bell curve, chances are you grew up learning about our ...
Astronomers have for decades tried to figure out how Pluto captured its largest moon. Now, there’s a new theory
Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a ...
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Here’s how Pluto and Charon became a bizarre double planet
For decades, astronomers suspected that Pluto and Charon formed through a process similar to Earth and the Moon. This theory, ...
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New telescope could finally prove there is an elusive ‘Planet X’ in our solar system
Planet X, also called Planet Nine, is a hypothetical planetary body seven times the mass of Earth lurking behind Pluto. If found, this gassy, icy beast some 155 billion miles away from the sun ...