This story was originally published in our Nov/Dec 2023 issue. Click here to subscribe to read more stories like this one. Astronomical websites and press releases brim with pictures of swirling gas ...

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Scientists are tracking a large gas planet experiencing quite a quandary as it orbits extremely close to a young star—a predicament never previously observed. This exoplanet, as planets beyond our ...

This October, the must-see sky belongs to the morning, with four visible planets drawing closer together each day. Solitary Saturn occupies the evening sky all alone this month. Look for the ringed ...

Scientists may soon have a new way to detect planets that are orbiting Cataclysmic Variables (CVs), also known as violent stars. One star drawing material from the other, due to the lack of distance, ...

Have you ever wondered why all the planets in our solar system– whether it’s rocky Earth or massive Jupiter– are round? It’s something we rarely think about, but there’s a clear reason behind it. And ...

The planet plot thickens. Over the past few days, two rival definitions of the term “planet” have been put forward by astronomers gathered in Prague at a meeting of the International Astronomical ...

The most spectacular celestial sight during these final days of November is reserved for the early evening sky, as Jupiter and Venus, the two brightest planets, draw closer together. The waxing ...