planets

An international team of astronomers has discovered 62 new moons orbiting Saturn, taking the total number to 145. The planet is back into first place in the Solar System`s `moon race` after being briefly overtaken by gas giant Jupiter.…

China's first Mars rover hasn't woken up from a scheduled months-long hibernation on the surface of the Red Planet, a Chinese scientist confirmed Tuesday.The solar-powered Zhurong, named after an ancient Chinese god of fire, landed in May…

Astronomers using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have identified a new threat to life on planets like Earth: a period during which intense X-rays from exploded stars can affect planets over 100 light-years…

The possibilities are endless when it comes to personalizing a phone's home screen with custom app icons or aesthetically pleasing wallpapers. Luckily for us, TikTok keeps coming up with creative ways to personalize our phone backgrounds.…

I met Marianne in 1992 when I started working as a chef at a cafe in Melbourne. She was a waitress, and I thought: “What a bloody noisy Yank!” I’d been reading lots of John Pilger so I had a disdain for US geopolitics.After I pushed that…

Scientists have discovered repeating radio emissions coming from a star system in our galactic backyard.It's not a message from aliens, but it might show that some Earth-like planets outside the solar system have a magnetic field — one of…

In our continuing search for life on planets circling other stars, scientists are on the lookout for those in the habitable zone, sometimes called the Goldilocks zone.This is the region where planets orbit just the right distance from their…

In a rare planetary alignment, five planets (Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars) have lined up near the moon. The rare occurrence is visible in tonight's sky. The five planets under the moon are visible from around the world.  …

On March 27, five planets-- Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars — will line up near the moon. People can watch the whole group and the best day to watch the rare planetary alignment on Tuesday. You'll want to look to the western…

Australians will be able to catch a rare five-planet alignment in the coming days as Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars appear in the night sky at the same time.Starwalk confirms that the planets will align on March 28, creating an…