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This image provided by NAOJ shows artist’s impression of the trans-Neptunian object (612533) 2002 XV93 occulting a background star. (Ko Arimatsu/NAOJ via AP)
May 4, 2026, 8:11 pm
Atmosphere spotted on celestial body in far reaches of solar system
Icy body, classified as trans-Neptunian object, is 500 km across, has atmosphere over 5 million times thinner than Earth’s; astronomers mull better name than current (612533) 2002 XV93
By Will Dunham
Juno hovering above Jupiter’s south pole. (Visualization/Courtesy/NASA)
February 2, 2026, 3:55 pm
Deflated: Israeli scientists find Jupiter, though huge, is smaller than previously thought
Using data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers make most precise measurement to date, say the gas giant is thinner and flatter than believed
By Diana Bletter
An image of interstellar object A11pI3Z captured on June 2, 2025. (David Rankin, Saguaro Observatory / AFP)
July 3, 2025, 10:07 am
Scientists find new interstellar object racing through Solar System
Third-ever confirmed visitor, dubbed 3I/Atlas and hurtling at 60 kilometers per second after likely being formed in distant star system, offers rare glimpse into far-out material
By AFP
This image made available by NASA shows an artist's rendering of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun. (Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins APL/NASA)
December 27, 2024, 12:09 pm
NASA probe makes closest ever pass by sun, sustaining 1,700ºF heat
Parker Solar Probe, launched in 2018, makes history, in first of three record-breaking fly-bys in effort to tackle scientific mysteries about earth’s closest star
By AFP
Illustrative -- Astronomers prepare their telescopes, Aug. 10, 1999 near Truro, England (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin, File)
December 29, 2022, 8:22 am
All planets in solar system visible in night sky simultaneously
Spectacular astronomical event sees all eight planets only 1.5 degrees apart Wednesday and will reach conjunction, their closest point, on Thursday night
By ToI Staff
A sunspot captured by astrophotographer David 'Deddy' Dayag with his own adjusted home telescope. (Courtesy: David 'Deddy' Dayag)
October 10, 2022, 2:04 am
With a 93-million-mile zoom, a Netanya stargazer snaps the sun up close and personal
David Dayag, a self-taught astronomer, is getting attention for his time-lapse photos, showing the fire and fury at the center of the solar system as if it were next door
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: An asteroid falling toward planet Earth (dottedhippo; iStock by Getty Images)
March 28, 2021, 1:52 am
Earth safe from asteroid Apophis for 100 years, NASA says
A previously flagged potentially hazardous encounter in 2068 has now been ruled out as dangerous
By AP and ToI Staff
A view of the planet Venus from NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft in 1974. (NASA)
September 14, 2020, 8:06 pm
Astronomers see possible hints of life in clouds of Venus
Telescopes examining Earth’s neighbor identify chemical signature of phosphine, a gas that on our planet is only associated with life, but scientists urge caution
By Seth Borenstein
This composite image provided by NASA, derived from data collected by the Jupiter-orbiting Juno spacecraft, shows the central cyclone at the planet's north pole and the eight cyclones that encircle it. Wednesday, March 7, 2018. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM via AP)
March 8, 2018, 12:28 am
Geometric clusters of cyclones churn over Jupiter’s poles, scientists find
Discoveries indicate giant planet’s atmosphere is ‘massive and extends much deeper than we previously expected,’ Israeli co-author of study says
By Marcia Dunn
The Pan-STARRS1 Observatory on Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii at sunset. (Rob Ratkowski/University of Hawaii via AP)
December 13, 2017, 2:40 pm
Interstellar visitor shaped like giant fire extinguisher passing by Earth
At 180 meters long, the asteroid, dubbed Oumuamua, is causing major interest due to its course, speed and unusual shape
By AP
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