Scientific American9 天
How Many Planets Are in the Solar System?
The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...
Scientists Thought They Knew What Uranus and Neptune Were Made Of. They Were Fooled.
Because Uranus and Neptune are so far away ... planetesimals in the Kuiper belt—of which the notoriously demoted Pluto is a ...
New York Post20 天
A magical planetary alignment will occur this month — how, where and when to see it happen
Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune will align for our viewing ... nine if you count dwarf power planet Pluto. Because we live on Earth, the max number of planets we can see from ...
PBS3 个月
What's a Planet and Why Is Pluto Not in the Planet Club Anymore? by Andrew Fraknoi
To understand what happened to Pluto, we must actually go back to ... showed it to be much smaller than Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. In many ways it more nearly resembled Triton, a ...
What If Retrograde Was a Reality Show?
Mercury Retrograde causes chaos, with tech failures and miscommunications being just the start. Contestants including Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Ur ...
Astrology Roasts: If Each Planet Had a Stand-Up Comedy Special
Each planet is imagined as a stand-up comic, bringing its unique traits to the stage. Mercury's quick wit, Venus's charm, ...
A planetary alignment will occur on Jan. 21. What will be visible and how to see it
January started out with a meteor shower and now has a planetary alignment in store. Here's what you'll be able to see and when to catch the event.
Weekly horoscopes from January 26 to February 1: What to expect for your sign
What are the weekly horoscopes for your sign? Horoscopes for Aries, Taurus, Cancer, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Pisces and more from January 26 to February 1.