How Many Planets Are in Our Solar System?
For centuries, humanity has gazed up at the night sky, fascinated by the celestial bodies that dot the heavens. Our…
NASA Scientist Simulates Sunsets on Other Worlds
Have you ever wondered what a sunset on Uranus might look like? As you can see in the animation above,…
Are Planets with Oceans Common in the Galaxy? It’s Likely, NASA Scientists Find
Several years ago, planetary scientist Lynnae Quick began to wonder whether any of the more than 4,000 known exoplanets, or…
NASA Television to Broadcast Space Station Departure of Cygnus Cargo Ship
More than three months after delivering several tons of supplies and scientific experiments to the International Space Station, Northrop Grumman’s…
NASA’s TESS Mission Completes First Year of Survey, Turns to Northern Sky
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered 21 planets outside our solar system and captured data on other interesting…
Five planets in rare alignment during morning nautical twilight
For the last two weeks of January and the first half of February, five planets will be visible together in…