When I was a kid, there were nine planets. Now we know of thousands! But that includes exoplanets, alien worlds that orbit alien suns. Only eight planets call our solar system home. Or there might ...
Everyone's favorite comet is about to fly away from Earth and continue on its interstellar journey. 3I/ATLAS recently passed by Earth on Friday, Dec. 19, and gave astronomers a fleeting but invaluable ...
The moon-planet-star trio are among the brightest objects in our solar system, meaning the impending conjunction should be incredibly easy to spot. A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at ...