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NASA Takes Advantage of Planetary Alignment to Take a Peek at Uranus
A stellar occultation this month gave scientists an opportunity to scrutinize the seventh planet from the Sun.
Planetary alignment provides NASA rare opportunity to study Uranus
When a planet's orbit brings it between Earth and a distant star, it's more than just a cosmic game of hide and seek. It's an ...
Neighbouring Planets To Faraway Galaxies, NASA Shares Stunning Pics To Celebrate Hubble Telescope's 35th Anniversary
To mark the 35th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope, the US space agency NASA released new high-definition photos ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN15h
Planetary Alignment Gives NASA a Rare Chance to Uncover Uranus’s Atmospheric Secrets
A rare astronomical alignment on April 7, 2025, presented NASA with a unique chance to study the atmosphere and rings of ...
The Southern Maryland Chronicle on MSN12h
NASA Studies Uranus’ Atmosphere in Rare Occultation
NASA scientists seized a rare opportunity to study Uranus’ atmosphere during a stellar occultation, when the planet passed ...
Smithsonian Magazine14h
Scientists Strive to Explain the Strange Weather on Other Planets
Space exploration missions have revealed that polar vortices aren’t uncommon beyond Earth. They’ve been observed throughout ...
NASA shares 7 unseen images of Uranus
This animated GIF illustrates Uranus' magnetic field, with the yellow arrow pointing toward the Sun, the light blue arrow indicating the planet’s magnetic axis, and the dark blue arrow showing its ...
Could life thrive on K2-18b? What to know about the distant exoplanet
K2-18b, an exoplanet 120 light-years away, may be the best hope to confirm that life exists beyond Earth. Here's what to know ...