Planet parade: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury make for a skywatching spectacle
Like a celestial parade across the cosmos, five bright planets are lighting up the night sky and visible with the naked eye ...
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A rare planetary alignment is lighting up the night sky—here’s how to see it
Look to the bright moon for a convenient guidepost; it’ll pose with a different planet from one day to the next. Stand out dates include January 31 when the moon is closest to Saturn ...
Complete 7-planet alignment coming late February 2025 | Where to look and when
Mercury joins the night sky to complete a seven-planet alignment just after sunset for the end of February. Saturn leaves our ...
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From gas giants to rocky worlds: Why planets in our solar system differ
The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...
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Why do the solar system’s planets have different compositions?
While the composition of gas and dust in a molecular cloud is fairly uniform, everything changes once a star begins to form.