Six-Planet Parade on Tuesday: How to spot Earthshine on Moon — is it visible through naked eye?The rare six-planet alignment in August has stirred mounting enthusiasm among skywatchers. This week, four of the brightest planets, Venus,...
18 Aug, 2025, 09.36 PM IST
Six Planets alignment this August: When & where to watch and can it be viewed with naked eye? Peak datesThis August, skywatchers around the world can look forward to a rare spectacle: a six-planet alignment gracing both the pre-dawn and late-n...
10 Aug, 2025, 11.11 PM IST
Planetary parade 2025: Best places to watch in US, handy apps and all your FAQs answeredPlanetary Parade 2025: The planets are aligning this week for a celestial event that will be seen around the globe. Seven planets will line...
28 Feb, 2025, 09.42 PM IST
Rare planetary parade: Check dates and here's how you can see six or seven planets. Skywatching tips from NASAPlanetary parade in January: A planetary parade is a colloquial term that applies when four or more planets line up in the night sky at onc...
16 Jan, 2025, 07.28 PM IST
'Parade of Planets' on June 3 may not be seen from Earth. Here is what will happen to the astronomical spectacleNASA has confirmed that six planets, including Jupiter, Mercury, Uranus, Mars, Neptune and Saturn can be seen aligned in a straight line on...
29 May, 2024, 07.32 PM IST
How to watch rare celestial magic-six planets aligned in a straight line? Is it real or an optical illusion?In a rare cosmic alignment, six planets are expected to appear in a straight line. The event is expected to take place in the first week of...
23 May, 2024, 06.40 PM IST
Cultural revival: Tunisia's historic Bardo national museum to welcome visitors again after 2-year closureTunisia's Bardo national museum is set to reopen soon, two years after it was closed when the parliament, which shares the same building, w...
06 Sep, 2023, 08.42 AM IST
Scientists puzzled why this dwarf planet has ring, not moon. See detailsScientists are puzzled by recent observations of a distant planet in our solar system, Quaoar, which has a dense ring surrounding it instea...
09 Feb, 2023, 10.56 PM IST
James Webb Telescope captures 7 of Neptune's 14 moonsNASA released the infrared images of Neptune captured by Webb, which also illustrate the dusty rings of the planet. The images provided by ...
22 Sep, 2022, 08.58 PM IST
After 45 years, the 5-billion-year legacy of the Voyager 2 interstellar probe is just beginningVoyager 1 was launched after Voyager 2, on September 5. Attached to the flank of each Voyager was a Golden Record carrying greetings, sound...
23 Aug, 2022, 08.13 PM IST
NASA spacecraft captures farthest images away from EarthThat picture was part of a composite of 60 images looking back at the solar system, on February 14, 1990, when Voyager was 6.06 billion kil...
09 Feb, 2018, 02.28 PM IST
Solar system 2.0 found 10 light-years awayThe system is a prime location to research how planets form around stars like our Sun, researchers said.
03 May, 2017, 05.17 PM IST
2016: A year that unlocked mysteries of our solar system!A newly discovered "great valley" in the southern hemisphere of Mercury provided more evidence that the small planet closest to the Sun is ...
27 Dec, 2016, 02.27 PM IST
Mars to lose its largest moon, Phobos, but gain a ringThe resulting rubble from Phobos - rocks of various sizes and a lot of dust - would continue to orbit Mars and quickly distribute themselve...
25 Nov, 2015, 01.05 PM IST
Pluto's revenge: Massive interest dwarfs ex-planet's demotionA probe, a flyby, a journey of three billion miles. As new horizons open up, the celestial body makes a comeback on Earth.
16 Jul, 2015, 02.48 PM IST
Astronomers discover young solar system around nearby starAn international team used the Gemini South telescope to capture images that show a ring-like disk of debris surrounding a Sun-like star.
03 Jun, 2015, 02.05 PM IST
Minor planet in solar system may have Saturn-like ringsScientists recently detected a ring system around Chariklo, one of a class of minor planets called centaurs.
17 Mar, 2015, 02.28 PM IST