In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 million kilometers from Earth.

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Local elementary schoolers were over the moon Jan. 31. Why? Park Elementary has just become one of a select few schools ...

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Earth is home to some truly bizarre and breathtaking landscapes — here are 20 that look straight out of an alien world.

After graduating from UVA in 2013 and completing her doctorate in planetary science from the University of Arizona in 2019, ...

Join No Man's Sky creator, Sean Murray, for a look at what's coming in the No Man's Sky: Worlds Part 2 update. Hello Games is ...

The Georgia Southern Planetarium will offer its popular "Perfect Little Planet" show on February 6 & 7. It's fun for all ages ...

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Timing: Dusk after sunset, but before 9 p.m. local time There are eight planets in our solar system and one dwarf planet (Pluto). Because we live on Earth, the most we could see is a maximum of seven ...

However, according to NASA, this is a usual occurrence for planets. The location of alignment is called the ‘ecliptic,’ representing the plane of the solar system in which the planets orbit ...

The solar system consists of 8 planets, including Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Each planet has its own unique characteristics, such as size, composition ...