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Super-Earths are common outside the solar system, new study shows
An international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has announced the ...
How to see 4 planets align during April’s ‘parade of planets’
April’s planetary parade has fewer planets. Only four will line up: Venus, Saturn, Mercury and Neptune. April's parade of ...
Scientific American11d
The Earth as seen from other Stars
While to the dwellers on Mercury, Venus, the moon, and Mars, our earth maintains the first position among the stars, to those of Jupiter it at once sinks into utter insignificance. The orbit ...
Space.com25d
The brightest planets in April's night sky: How to see them (and when)
Without question, the month of April belongs to Venus ... Jupiter twelve-fold and appearing nearly 20 times brighter than Sirius, the brightest of all stars. Mars continues to recede from ...
Rare ‘smiley face’ will light up the night sky on April 25
According to Culbertson, Venus will be the higher of the two “eyes” while Saturn will be the lower, and the thin, crescent ...
Delaware County Daily Times25d
Night Words for April: Jupiter and Mars light the evening; Mercury, Venus and Saturn up at dawn
Jupiter is ensconced ... passes just above Mars, creating a charming, unequally bright pair. After having served as the brilliant Evening Star since the end of last summer, Venus passed inferior ...
Astronomy25d
April 2025: What’s in the sky this month? Jupiter and Mars remain prominent, while Venus, Mercury, and Saturn rule the morning skies
Jupiter is a brilliant object ... narrows as the Sun sets later each day. Mars is past its best, but remains bright and high in the sky. Mercury, Venus, and Saturn make an early-morning ...