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How to see six planets in the sky at once in rare celestial alignment

Nearly all of the solar system’s planets are about to file across the night sky in a planetary alignment, and it will be ...
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Why are there so many 'space snowmen' in our solar system? New study offers clues

In the distant reaches of the solar system are many icy objects that resemble snowmen. Now, a new study reveals the simple ...

A rare six-planet alignment is lighting up the sky this week. Here’s how to see it.

Despite the dramatic name, these alignments aren’t exceptionally rare. The last six-planet parade occurred in January 2025, ...
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Interplanetary Clock Keeps Time Across The Solar System

There are some clocks, mostly in or around international airports, which have multiple faces to show the time at various ...

Getting closer to the stars: Fink, a French tool for tracking transient phenomena across the observable universe

Thanks to Fink, a software package created by two CNRS engineers, it is now possible to track millions of transient celestial phenomena observed in the sky by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, ...

Earth's heat to power 10,000 homes in renewable energy first for UK

The United Downs power plant, near Truro in Cornwall, becomes the first power plant in the UK to generate electricity from the Earth's heat.