The alignment has been happening since June 10. Five Planets of the solar system, separated by billions of kilometers, appeared in the pre-dawn skies in rare planetary conjunction that will not repeat till 2040. Mercury, Mars, Venus and Saturn recently appeared in the skies above Earth. The five planets came together as they moved in … Read more
The joint European-Japanese BepiColombo mission captured this view of Mercury on 1 October 2021 as … [+] the spacecraft flew past the planet for a gravity assist maneuver. The image was taken at 23:41:12 UTC by the Mercury Transfer Module’s Monitoring Camera 2 when the spacecraft was 1410 km from Mercury. Closest approach of 199 … Read more
Artist’s conception of BepiColombo flying by Mercury. ESA The BepiColombo mission is swinging by Mercury for its second close look tomorrow (June 23) and will zoom by only 125 miles (200 km) above the surface. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun and studying it is crucial to figuring out more about the history … Read more
The Spitzer Space Telescope of NASA has discovered a hell-like planet clouds rain lava. Know more details about this strange space rock. If we have learned anything from the various space exploration missions conducted by NASA, it’s that the universe can be extremely strange. Weird even. We have discovered exoplanets (planets that orbit a star … Read more
A rare planet alignment of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn will adorn the sky soon! Know when and how to watch it. Skywatchers will be delighted with the special and rare view of the sky this June! We are talking about the planetary alignment of five major planets from our solar system – Mercury, … Read more
The 4-day-old waxing crescent Moon on April 8, 2019 in a blend of short and long exposures to bring … [+] out the faint Earthshine on the dark side of the Moon and deep blue twilight sky while retaining details in the bright sunlit crescent. This is with the 105mm Traveler refractor and 2X AP … Read more
Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is surprisingly Earth-like when it comes to landscape formations, according to new models produced by planetary scientists. When looked at from space, the moon, larger than the planet Mercury, has other similarities to Earth – including rivers, lakes and seas filled with falling rain – although on Titan the rain is … Read more
On April 12, a gigantic plasma wave smashed into Mercury was launched by the Sun, the wave might have triggered a geomagnetic storm, Live Science reported. The process might also have scouring material from the planet’s surface, the report added. As per spaceweather.com, the wave that struck Mercury on April 12 happened after a powerful … Read more
On April 12, a gigantic plasma wave smashed into Mercury was launched by the Sun, the wave might have triggered a geomagnetic storm, Live Science reported. The process might also have scouring material from the planet’s surface, the report added. As per spaceweather.com, the wave that struck Mercury on April 12 happened after a powerful … Read more
