Tag: solar system
Mars makes its closest encounter to Earth in 15 years
Earth's neighboring planet, Mars, is closer than it has been in the past 15 years, offering unusually bright views of the Red Planet's auburn...
‘Oddball’ among 12 new moons discovered around Jupiter
TAMPA: A dozen new moons have been discovered around Jupiter, bringing its total number of known moons to 79, the most of any planet...
New research reveals trappist planets may be habitable
PARIS: Seven planets recently spotted orbiting a dim star in our Milky Way galaxy are rocky, seem to have water, and are potentially "habitable",...
Meet Oumuamua, the first observed interstellar asteroid to visit Earth’s solar...
WASHINGTON: On October 19, the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawaii spotted something strange zooming through our solar system. It turned out to be a...
Astronomers find nearby solar system with seven Earth-sized planets
Astronomers have found a nearby solar system with seven Earth-sized planets, three of which circle their parent star at the right distance for liquid...
