Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

EXPLAINED: 7 | Rare Historical Photos

Will a 'rare' lineup of planets be visible to the naked eye in the night sky on June 3?

Skywatchers who plan to rise early and step outside on June 3 expecting to see a stunning display of visible planets will be quite disappointed, at the very least.

Space

No, a 'planetary parade' will not be visible from Earth on June 3. Here's what you can really see.

Despite a flurry of online reports about a "planetary parade" of six worlds aligning on June 3, only two planets will be clearly visible from Earth. (And they've been visible all month.)

LiveScience

During the solar system's chaotic era, Jupiter may have helped form Earth's moon

EL chondrite meteorites come from the Athor family of asteroids, the progenitor of which was dumped in the asteroid belt by the migrating gas giants between 60 million and 100 million years after the birth of the solar system.

Space

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Jupiter-Uranus conjunction: how the most intense day in the astrological calendar will affect you

Mark April 20 in your calendar — it’s the first time these two planets have collided since 1941, and Sade the Vixen has your guide on how to harness the energy in your favour

Evening Standard

Uranus and Neptune aren't made of what we thought, new study hints

A study suggests the ice giants Uranus and Neptune aren't quite as watery as previously thought. They may also contain huge amounts of frozen methane, potentially solving the puzzle of how they formed.

LiveScience

Ceremony Bids Farewell To Tilting Symbol Of Taiwan Quake

Fruit, flowers and incense paper were laid on a table Friday as authorities prepared a ceremony before demolishing a precariously tilting building that has become a symbol of Taiwan's biggest quake in 25 years.

International Business Times

Taiwan Rescuers Free Nine From Cave After Quake

The official death toll from Wednesday's magnitude-7.4 quake still stood at 10, but the government in Hualien county, the hardest-hit area, said two more people on a hiking trail were found with "no signs of life", though their deaths could not be immediately verified.

International Business Times

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

‘Everything is still moving’: shock and grief take hold in Hualien

Residents of tourist city near epicentre of 7.2-magnitude Taiwan earthquake face destruction and despair

The Guardian - UK

Taiwan Earthquake: 97 Buildings Damaged, 22 Rescued From Uranus

Strong earthquake in Taiwan causes building damage, with rescue operations ongoing. Authorities prioritize resident safety and coordinate search and rescue...

Top News

Astronomers Discover Three New Moons In Our Solar System

Exciting discovery of three new moons in our solar system around Neptune and Uranus.

Space

3 tiny new moons found around Uranus and Neptune — and one is exceptionally tiny

Two will be named after sea gods and nymphs and the other will be named for a Shakespearean character.

LiveScience

Conjunction! How to see Venus and Mars side by side in the sky tonight

On Feb. 22, Venus and Mars will look like a cosmic colon as they appear side by side in the predawn sky.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Space

Use the moon to find Uranus in the night sky tonight

A bright moon will help point the way towards Uranus on Friday (Jan. 19). The blue-green planet will be located just below and to the right of the eight-day-old moon.

Space

What would happen if Earth stopped spinning?

We can't feel Earth spinning and you probably take it for granted, but what would happen if it stopped spinning? We take a look at the disastrous impacts it would have.

The Hindu

How we discovered that Uranus and Neptune are actually nearly identical in colour

In many images of the two outer gas giants of the Solar System, Neptune typically looks rich blue while Uranus comes across as pale green. A new study has revealed that these two ice giants are actually very similar shades of greenish blue.

Space

How giant impacts shaped the formation of the solar system's planets

Astronomers still aren't exactly sure how planets get their start.

Creative Bloq

Hold on, planet Neptune isn't dark blue?

I've been living a lie.

Space

The 'Super Bowl of Astronomy' begins next week in New Orleans

The 243rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society runs from Jan. 7 to Jan. 11, and we can't wait to see what amazing science announcements it bestows upon us.

LiveScience

Neptune isn't as blue as you think, and these new images of the planet prove it

A new treatment of images collected by Voyager 2 in the late 1980s using data from the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed the actual colors of the solar system's distant ice giants, Neptune and Uranus.

1 … 6 7 8 9

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.