Only two planets spin backwards in our solar system; here’s the reason

We have all been taught in school that planets revolve in the same direction as the Earth, i.e., in the counterclockwise ...
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Venus may get a huge meteor shower this July, thanks to a long-ago asteroid breakup

This coming July, Venus could plow through the dust generated by an asteroid breakup thousands of years ago, potentially ...

The magnetic 'birdsong' of the smallest planet

BepiColombo is slowly uncovering more and more fun facts about Mercury as it continues its preliminary mission. One of the ...
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Discovering Venus on Iceland

Scientists trekked across Icelandic lava flows that served as stand-ins for Venus’s volcanic landscapes, testing tools and ...
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NASA's Juno spacecraft spots the largest volcanic eruption ever seen on Jupiter's moon Io

As part of Juno’s extended mission, the spacecraft is making close encounters of Jupiter’s large Galilean moons after having ...
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NASA’s next Mars mission will help future astronauts on the Red Planet

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — NASA and Blue Origin are planning to launch the ESCAPADE mission, where a pair of satellites will study Mars' magnetosphere. ESCAPADE will eventually help future ...