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Sept. 1-7: Morning Planet ParadeSept. 7: Lunar EclipseSept. 16: Moon Meets JupiterSept. 21: Saturn Reaches OppositionSept. 21: Partial Solar EclipseSept. 22: Fall Equinox Fall may be…

Georgina RannardScience correspondentNASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC)An artist’s drawing of what the new planet might look like. Our Sun is the small dot of…

Astronomers have found nearly 6,000 exoplanets orbiting other stars. But for every confirmed detection, there are countless mere hints, inconclusive observations that could just as well…

A new study ranked the world’s most overcrowded tourist destinations.Vatican City topped the list, with a staggering ratio of 7,709 tourists per resident.Other high-ranking destinations include…

Why write an opera about Mars? Because Mars isn’t just a planet. It’s a philosophy, an ideology. The way humans think about it changes over time,…

Food production globally accounts for nearly 30% of greenhouse gas emissions, with the average Australian diet contributing more than 3kg of Co2 per person per day.…

Peering through a cosmic keyhole at distant baby star, astronomers may have opened a new window on the deep past of our own solar system.Using combined…