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A new study on Uranus has found it is hotter than we thought, prompting scientists to suggest we should return to the ice giant.

If Jupiter swallowed every planet in the solar system, it would become an enormous cosmic giant far larger than anything else ...

The solar system’s smallest planet is just now becoming visible before dawn. Bright Jupiter and Venus point the way.

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Meteorite that crashed into Georgia home is believed to have originated from the main asteroid belt, making it 4.56 billion ...

Oregon stargazers have plenty of reasons to look up in August – a month marked by meteor showers, planetary conjunctions, and ...

Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune — will briefly appear in the sky on the same night, starting Sunday (Aug ...

Dive into the cosmic mystery of the Late Heavy Bombardment (LHB), a proposed period around 3.8 to 4 billion years ago marked ...

It’s a busy morning! Look for Perseid meteors as you catch a conjunction of bright Jupiter and Venus before dawn.

Hubble Space Telescope images of Jupiter have been "photo-mapped onto a sphere," and animated into a full rotation, according ...