Category: solar system

‘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…


Second Alien Moon Identified Is Much Like the First: Big and Strange

WASHINGTON—For only the second time, astronomers have detected what appears to be a moon orbiting a planet in another solar system. Just like the first time, this one has traits suggesting that such moons may differ greatly from those populating our solar system. Data obtained by NASA’s Kepler space telescope before it was retired in…


The Heavens Declare (Episode 8): Our Amazing Solar System Part2

This episode explores the amazing solar system we live in, designed by God in just a few days. Our experts share how our solar system looks designed, what makes each planet unique, why the earth is so special, and evidence for our solar system being created just a few thousand years ago. Can’t wait for…


The Heavens Declare (Episode 7): Our Amazing Solar System Part1

This episode explores the amazing solar system we live in, designed by God in just a few days. Our experts will share how our solar system looks designed, what makes each planet unique, what the earth is so special, and evidence for our solar system being created just a few thousand years ago. Our experts…


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…


Astronomers Discover That Stars and Planets May Form and Evolve as Siblings

A radio telescope has found evidence that planets might form at the same time as their stars, instead of much later as was previously thought. The telescope detected dark rings in the disk around a nascent star system. The rings could be the first evidence that a star and its planets are forming and evolving…