There has been a great deal of hype on social media about a “great planetary alignment” of planets occurring on Jan. 25, when ...

The joint European-Japanese mission is only the second survey of Mercury, the least explored planet in the inner solar system ...

Have you read on social media about the “once in 396 billion years” planetary alignment happening on Jan. 25? Guess what? Social media is not reliable. Here’s what’s really going on — and why you ...

A spacecraft named BepiColombo is currently zipping by planet Mercury, making a very close flyby and snapping incredible high ...

Reaching Mercury is such a challenge because “the gravitational pull of the Sun is very strong near Mercury, which makes it ...

In a thrilling close approach, the BepiColombo mission captured its final, stunning images of Mercury before its orbit ...

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This feature creatively represents your closest friends as planets in your own personalized solar system, adding a fun and engaging way to visualize your top friendships on the app. Whether you’re ...

although their output is still being curtailed by Power and Water as it works to modernise the system. Solar farms at Bachelor (two in total), Katherine and Manton Dam were constructed earlier ...

Parker Solar Probe launched in 2018, heading to the centre of our solar system. It had already swept past the Sun 21 times, getting ever nearer, but the Christmas Eve visit was record-breaking.

After years of braving the heat and dust of the inner solar system, taking blasts of solar energy and radiation that no spacecraft has ever seen, Parker Solar Probe continues to thrive." ...

“By studying the Sun up close, we can better understand its impacts throughout our solar system, including on the technology we use daily on Earth and in space, as well as learn about the workings of ...