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Science Aug 14

How to spot the 6 planets visible in the early morning skies this month

By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press

Science Mar 20

The planet Venus is seen in this photograph taken by NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft
Venus will pass between the Earth and sun this weekend, but don’t try to look for it

Venus will pass between the Earth and sun during what’s called an inferior conjunction. But don’t plan on seeing the linkup.

By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press

World Dec 16

A view of Saturn from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope
Study suggests Saturn’s rings could be 4.5 billion years old just like the planet

New research suggests that Saturn's rings may be older than they look — possibly as old as the planet.

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

Science Mar 26

A stargazer waits for the Perseid meteor shower to begin near Bobcaygeon
5 planets will align in the night sky this week. Here’s how to see them

Keep an eye to the sky this week for a chance to see a planetary hangout. Five planets — Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars — will line up near the moon.

Science Jan 27

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
Earth prepares for a close encounter with ‘Green Comet’ not seen since the Stone Age

A comet is streaking back our way after 50,000 years. NASA says the dirty snowball last visited during Neanderthal times. It will come within 26 million miles of Earth.

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

Jul 12

Watch 5:32
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope offers a window into the cosmos

By Miles O'Brien, Dorothy Hastings

NASA shared new revelations Tuesday from the James Webb Telescope, the largest space observatory ever made. The new images capture distant galaxies, new stars and planets, and the furthest look into the birth of the cosmos ever recorded. Science correspondent…

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Apr 16

WATCH LIVE: TESS, NASA’s new exoplanet hunter, launches on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket

By Jason Steffen, The Conversation

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will monitor more than 200,000 stars to discover thousands of exoplanets, ranging from Earth-sized to gas giants.

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Feb 22

Watch 4:50
Hunt for alien life zooms in on newly discovered solar system

By PBS News Hour

Astronomers have identified seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a star that's just a mere 230 trillion miles from our own planet, raising the tantalizing prospect of life in a solar system beyond our own. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins Hari Sreenivasan…

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Feb 05

Hello, Pluto! New Horizons sends its first pictures of the dwarf planet

By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy

Three billion miles from Earth, the New Horizons space probe sent back its first images of Pluto and its largest moon Charon. Moving at 31,000 miles per hour, New Horizons is set to snap more photos in the coming months,…

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Nov 08

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ALMA telescope spots birth of a planet in ‘milestone’ discovery

By PBS News Hour

Using the ALMA radio telescope in Chile, astronomers were able to capture the formation of a new planet, and scientists are observing it happen more clearly than ever before. Hari Sreenivasan reports.

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