Jupiter and Saturn will appear closer to each other in the night sky tonight than they have in 800 years — forming a celestial beacon akin to the ‘Star of Bethlehem’. The gas giants — the largest planets in the solar system — have been slowly getting closer in the sky since the summer, and … Read more
Jupiter and Saturn will appear closer to each other in the sky tonight than they have in the last 800 years — forming a celestial beacon akin to the ‘Star of Bethlehem’. The gas giants — the largest planets in the solar system — have been slowly getting closer in the sky since the summer, … Read more
The two largest planets in the solar system, Jupiter and Saturn, will appear closer to each other in the night sky during Christmas week than at any point in the past 800 years, astronomers say. Both gas giants, they have been gradually getting closer to one another since the start of summer and will appear … Read more
The two largest planets in the solar system, Jupiter and Saturn, will appear closer to each other in the night sky than at any point in the past 800 years, astronomers say. Both gas giants, they have been gradually getting closer to one another since the start of summer and will appear almost as double … Read more
Planets to align over Christmas: Jupiter and Saturn will get closer to each other in Earth’s night sky than they have been for nearly 800 years The celestial conjunction will be visible in the night sky on December 21 this year Jupiter and Saturn have been appearing closer in the sky since the summer Viewers worldwide … Read more
Planet between Saturn and Uranus was ‘kicked out of the Solar System’ in its infancy — shunting the ice giants into new orbits around the sun Researchers from the US ran 6,000 models of the Solar System’s evolution They identified the model that best explained the orbital patterns seen today The team concluded that Jupiter and Saturn began in … Read more
Planet between Saturn and Uranus was ‘kicked out of the Solar System’ in its infancy — pushing the ice giants into new orbits around the sun Researchers from the US ran 6,000 models of the Solar System’s evolution They identified the model that best explained the orbital patterns seen today The team concluded that Jupiter and Saturn began in … Read more
An exoplanet the size of Saturn orbiting a small faint star 35 light years away has been discovered after a radio telescope spotted a wobble in the stars motion. This is the first time a radio telescope has been used to detect an exoplanet using the ‘wobble’ technique – the wobble is caused by the … Read more
NASA captures summer on Saturn in an amazing new snapshot from the Hubble Space Telescope The newly-released image was taken by the orbiting observatory on July 4, 2020 The gas giant’s northern hemisphere appears redder in the summer sunlight Meanwhile, its ring are bright like ‘freshly fallen snow’ and the south pole is blue Two of the … Read more
Giant hexagonal storm that has raged around Saturn’s north pole for over four decades is caused by massive cyclones deep in the planet’s atmosphere, study shows Researchers created a computer model to simulate conditions found on Saturn They then ran the simulation to see if a hexagonal polar storm would be formed They found these … Read more