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Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s star – one of our closest stellar neighbors – ...

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Astronomers using the mighty James Webb Space Telescope have captured direct images of four planets in a star system 130 ...

The night sky has inspired humankind since time immemorial, and in 2025 one of the most unusual planetary alignments of all ...

Once its rings vanish from sight in March 2025, Saturn will look like a pale yellow sphere through most telescopes.

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