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Although the occurrence climaxed on Jan. 21 with a conjunction—close alignment—of Saturn and Mercury, the planetary parade ...

These popular astronomy questions, answered by Astronomy magazine, will help you better understand our universe - and share ...

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Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space ...

A pair of astrophysicists with Aix- Marseille Université, CNRS, and Institut Universitaire de France have developed a new ...

Take advantage of a special 6-7 planet alignment from Earth's perspective. Planets 'line up' in the skies over California in ...

Because the Moon is over a quarter the diameter of Earth, the Earth-Moon system is often cited as the pairing in our Solar ...

According to a recent YouGov poll, 35% of Americans think Pluto is not a planet. But they are all wrong—kind of. To get to ...

Even to a casual viewer, the waxing gibbous moon of Feb. 7 will appear quite unusual, climbing so very high in the sky.

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Stargazers can also glimpse a full moon ... The astronomical alignment is technically called the ecliptic, which represents the plane of the solar system where planets orbit around the Sun ...