At least two ingredients are needed to make jets — rotation and magnetic fields — and these produce the ubiquitous laserlike jets we see.

During its initial molten phase, the Moon experienced tidal bulges on its near and far sides due to Earth's immense gravitational pull. The Moon's rotation initially carried these gravitationally ...

New research has mapped 16 extensive, interlaced river systems on Mars, dating back approximately 3.7 billion years to the Early Hesperian Period. These large river systems, despite covering only ...

On December 9th, Neptune will attain its stationary point at 7 P.M. EST, marking the conclusion of its retrograde motion. The ice giant will be situated near Saturn and the Circlet of Pisces in the ...

Asteroid 2019 LF6, a newly discovered Atira asteroid, has an orbit entirely contained within Earth's orbit, a characteristic of this rare class of near-Earth objects. The discovery of 2019 LF6 is ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured a sign of water vapor in the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet, according to an analysis of observations published last year in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

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On December 12, Uranus will be observable in western Taurus, situated 7 arcminutes due south of the 6th-magnitude star 14 Tauri, providing an identification aid. The Geminid meteor shower is forecast ...

Bennu is a roughly 0.3-mile-wide (500 meters) asteroid that orbits in near-Earth space. Scientists suspect it’s a chunk of a larger asteroid that broke off due to a collision farther out. Telescope ...

Comet 24P/Schaumasse is presented as an observable target, estimated at 12th magnitude, situated in the vicinity of Leo the Lion. Optimal viewing for Comet 24P/Schaumasse is specified for ...

On November 17, the Leonid meteor shower is forecast for the early morning, with its radiant in Leo rising to over 50° by 4 A.M. local time, offering observations of fast-moving, bright meteors with ...