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7 planets will be visible in the night sky. Here's when, how you can see 'Parade of Planets.'
Known as the "Parade of Planets," the celestial event will feature appearances from Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune and Saturn through the end of January, according to Farmer's Almanac. Mercury will emerge in the night sky at the end of February, replacing Saturn.
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See Saturn's 'Ring Spokes' In Amazing Hubble Space Telescope Time-Lapse
New Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Saturn show it's 'ring spokes' in orbit around the gas giant planet. Credit: Space.com | Science: Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC) / Animation: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
NASA's Bennu samples contain life's building blocks, including amino acids and DNA/RNA nucleobases
NASA brought back samples from asteroid Bennu. They revealed clues about the possible origins of life.
The ingredients to life on Earth were discovered on a distant asteroid for the first time: NASA
On this date: Noted Saturn observer, moon discoverer dies
On this date, Jan. 29, 1859, American astronomer William Cranch Bond died. Cranch and his son, George Phillps Bond, discovered Hyperion, Saturn’s eighth moon and an inner ring called Ring C.
On this date: Voyager 1 discovers tiny moon at Saturn.
NASA Voyager 1 probe discovers Saturn’s moon, Epimetheus. Saturn would be the last planet Voyager 1 would visit before beginning its ongoing journey out of the solar system. The probe entered interstellar space in August 2012.
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A planet parade of Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars shines in the skies this month
All month, four planets — Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars — will appear to line up and be bright enough to see with the naked eye in the first few hours after dark, according to NASA.
From Fusion Engines to Lunar Glass Homes: NASA’s Vision for 2025
NASA's NIAC program is investing in visionary ideas that could revolutionize space exploration. From fusion-powered spacecraft to lunar habitats made of glass and robots designed to explore icy moons,
NASA Image Reveals Jupiter As You've Never Seen It Before
Jupiter's Great Red Spot storm, which usually appears dark-red, can be seen shining a lurid blue color in an ultraviolet image of the planet.
NASA reveals results from asteroid Bennu's sample return, hinting at the origins of life
New insights from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission have unveiled intriguing clues about the potential origins of life on Earth. The mission, which launched in Septembe
NASA’s Historic Asteroid Sample Holds Clues to Life’s Origins
The discovery is a capstone achievement for NASA, which went to great lengths to secure and deliver asteroid samples from asteroid Bennu in 2020.
NASA’s returned Bennu asteroid samples contain the building blocks for life
NASA's findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ingredients were mingling with water almost right from the start.
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NASA finds key molecules for life in OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples. Here's what that means
There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 of them on an asteroid millions of miles away. The asteroid in question, named Bennu, was the focus of a very dreamy NASA mission called OSIRIS-REx that launched in 2016.