The Dance of Planets: An Extraterrestrial Symphony
The celestial stage is set for a captivating performance as three bright planets grace the morning sky. Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn, each with their unique charm, adorn the pre-dawn spectacle,…
The Complexity of Earth’s Orbit: Exploring Aphelion and Perihelion
Earth's path around the sun is not a perfect circle, but rather an ellipse. This means that our planet's distance from the sun varies at different points in its orbit.…
Exploring the Elusive World of Mercury
As the nights grow longer in early July, we find ourselves looking up at a seemingly empty sky, devoid of the familiar planets that we are used to seeing. Mars,…
Discovering Stable Resonant Chains: Revisiting the Formation of the Solar System
In the realm of low-viscosity protoplanetary discs (PPDs), our understanding of the formation of the Solar System is being challenged. Recent studies have shown that the Jupiter-Saturn pair, while migrating…
Hundreds of Meteoroids Bombard Mars Annually, New Research Reveals
New research conducted using data collected by NASA's now-retired InSight mission has revealed that Mars is bombarded by hundreds of basketball-sized meteoroids each year, leading to impact craters and seismic…
Exploring the Night Skies in July: Planets, Comets, and Meteor Showers
Exploring the Night Skies in July: Planets, Comets, and Meteor Showers As the Earth tilts away from the Sun after the Summer Solstice, the nights gradually start to lengthen. While…
The Solar System: A Shaping Tale of Donuts and Disks
The formation of the Solar System is a captivating story that unveils a stunning twist - our cosmic neighborhood wasn't always the pancake-shaped disk we know today. Scientists have ventured…
The Journey of Retrograde Planets: Embracing Intuition in the Celestial Slowdown
Retrograde planets have long been associated with chaos and confusion, but perhaps there is more to these cosmic events than meets the eye. Rather than cursing the stars, we can…
Inter Solar 83: A Journey into the Unknown
Inter Solar 83, an exciting virtual reality adventure, is drawing closer to its launch after a series of closed alpha updates. The brainchild of Joe Chisholm from First Time Games,…
Astronomers Uncover Two Distinct Populations of Sub-Neptunes
New research conducted by an international team of scientists from NCCR PlanetS, UNIGE, and UNIBE has revealed the existence of two distinct populations of sub-Neptunes, settling a long-standing debate in…