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The James Webb Space Telescope has observed glowing auroras on Jupiter like never before.

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Astronomy fans got to see a planetary alignment in mid-April featuring Venus, Saturn, Mercury and Neptune. Stargazers will ...

Wausau Pilot & Review Central Wisconsin stargazers have plenty to see this week, with celestial events ranging from a ...

The asteroid, with a diameter of about 950 feet will come close enough to Earth on Friday to warrant astronomers keeping a ...

The solar system consists of our star, the sun, and everything bound to it by gravity: the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, ...

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Dr. John Gray took the world by storm with the international bestseller "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus" in the 1990s. It is still considered the highest-ranked nonfiction book of the ...

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter just captured its first image of the Curiosity rover driving along the red planet’s surface. The 2,000-pound Mars rover is shown as a dark speck in the ...

On April 25, a rare "smiley face" alignment of the Moon, Venus, and Saturn will appear before sunrise, followed by 2025's closest new supermoon on April 27—though it won't be visible. Listen to Story ...