New research suggests there may be a narrow window of possibility for life to persist on the icy moons of the outer solar ...

Astronomers believe the Star of Bethlehem or "Christmas Star" could have been a real event explained by something as simple as Jupiter in opposition, which happens this year a few weeks before ...

The nights surrounding June 7 will see Jupiter and Mercury crowd together close to the horizon in the northwestern sky.

The data revealed that gas from HW2's accretion disk is collapsing inward at breakneck speed, feeding the star at an astonishing rate — equivalent to about two Jupiter masses per year ...

When Jupiter is in opposition ... Religious texts give reports of a particular star, the Star of Bethlehem, which guided the prophets and religious philosophers of the time, Throop said.

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This month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between ...

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new giant exoplanet around an M-dwarf star (GEMS ... its mass is estimated to be 0.35 Jupiter masses. The findings were detailed ...

On May 15, 2025, the Moon in Sagittarius opposite Jupiter in Gemini casts a cosmic ... It’s like trying to chase a shooting star while your feet stay rooted in the ground. The question is ...

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Astronomers have surveyed massive, dense star factories, unlike any found in the Milky Way, in a large number of galaxies ...