A Unique ‘Planet Parade’ Is Now On—But There’s Only One Way To See It

A rare triple conjunction of Venus, Mars and Mercury is happening on the opposite side of the solar system to where Earth is, ...
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Beyond Our Solar System: How Uranus Prepares Us for Exoplanet Discovery

How can Uranus teach us about exoplanets? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) hopes to ...
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Solving solar system quandaries is simple: Just flip-flop the position of Uranus and Neptune

TEMPE, Ariz. a Quick: What’s the order of the planets in the solar system? Need a little help? Maybe the following mnemonic rings a bell: “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Up Nine Pizzas.” It’s ...

Why are the solar system’s planets situated where they are?

Discover why the solar system's planets are arranged as they are, shaped by formation conditions and planetary migration.
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Strange worlds: Planets are forming in ways we didn’t anticipate

The star system V1298 Tau reveals that many planets begin as large, low-density worlds that slowly shrink and shed their ...