Category: planets

Two Planets Sharing Same Orbit Around Their Star? Astronomers Find Strongest Evidence Yet

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Astronomers reported Wednesday the discovery of what could be two planets sharing the same orbit around their star. They said it’s the strongest evidence yet of this bizarre cosmic pairing, long suspected but never proven. Using a telescope in Chile, the Spanish-led team spotted a cloud of debris in the same orbit as…


Planets on Parade: 5 Will Be Lined up in Night Sky This Week

NEW YORK—Keep an eye to the sky this week for a chance to see a planetary hangout. Five planets—Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars—will line up near the moon. Where and When Can You See Them? The best day to catch the whole group is Tuesday. You’ll want to look to the western horizon right…


5 Planets and Moon Set to Align to Form ‘Planet Parade’ Late March—Here’s What You Need to Know

The saga of the planetary parade now rolls into spring. As we cross the threshold from winter into bloom season 2023, five planets—Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus, and Mars—plus the quarter moon are set to align on March 28, forming an imperfect arc from low on the western horizon, heavenward toward the southwest. In just days,…


For First Time, Researchers Confirm Exoplanet Using Webb Telescope

Researchers say they have confirmed an exoplanet—a planet orbiting another star—using NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) for the very first time. The planet, known as “LHS 475 b”, is almost exactly the same size as Earth. Researchers say the planet is a few hundred degrees warmer than Earth. Presenting their findings at an American…


8 Celestial Bodies Line Up to Form ‘Planetary Parade’—For the Second and Final Time in 2022

You could call it a cosmic encore. It so happens last June’s planetary alignment—which included eight planets in our solar system lining up—is seeing a repeat performance this December, leading into the new year. So, if circumstances prevented you from taking in the last “planet parade,” you’ll have a few days to catch this one…


2 Earth-Like Planets Found in Part of Universe Where Life Could Survive

A team of international scientists led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) has discovered two earth-like planets orbiting a red dwarf star that lies within the habitability zone of the star. The newly discovered planets, GJ 1002b and GJ 1002c, are orbiting the star GJ 1002 which is located less than…


Cosmos: War of the Planets (1977)

A strange signal arrives on Earth, disturbing all communications, while a UFO appears above the Antarctic sea. Captain Alex Hamilton is sent with his spaceship and crew to space outside the solar system to find the origin of that signal. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature…


‘Planet Parade’: 5 Planets and Moon to Form Cosmic Lineup in June — Here’s What You Need to Know:

Kicking off June with a cosmic showstopper, a five-planet parade has already begun gracing the morning sky and will continue to greet early risers for the rest of the month. A rare gathering of several visible planets, which we’ve been enjoying in the predawn heavens for the last few months — including several close conjunctions…


Saturn, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter to Align Sunday Morning

Stargazers and early risers are in for a rare treat on Sunday morning with four planets set to align followed by Venus and Jupiter appearing to almost collide with one another. Saturn, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter will look like they’re in a straight line early on Sunday morning, the Australian National University says The two…


Observatory Spots Moon-Forming Region Around Planet in Another Solar System 370 Light-Years From Earth

Scientists for the first time have spotted a moon-forming region around a planet beyond our solar system—a Jupiter-like world surrounded by a disk of gas and dust massive enough that it could spawn three moons the size of the one orbiting Earth. The researchers used the ALMA observatory in Chile’s Atacama desert to detect the…