Much of what we understand about Uranus comes from data gathered by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft. Thirty-eight years ago, this ...

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As the Earth orbits the ... like a faint star in the sky and any set of binoculars or even a small telescope will easily see it. The stronger your telescope, the larger and more detailed your view ...

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When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we call that an occultation. The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to ...

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Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space ...