Planetary Alignment Provides NASA Rare Opportunity to Study Uranus
Wednesday, 23 April 2025 () Hampton VA (SPX) Apr 23, 2025
When a planet's orbit brings it between Earth and a distant star, it's more than just a cosmic game of hide and seek. It's an opportunity for NASA to improve its understanding of that planet's atmosphere and rings. Planetary scientists call it a stellar occultation and that's exactly what happened with Uranus on April 7. Observing the alignment allows NASA scientists to measure the tempera
NASA scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected the strongest evidence yet of possible alien life on an exoplanet. The planet, K2-18 b, located 124 light-years from Earth, shows the..