Faculty and alumni from across six decades reflected on Brown University’s impact as an international hub for solar system ...

The solar system’s largest and smallest planets meet in the evening sky, standing 2° apart shortly after sunset.

Right after sunset, the largest and smallest planets are near neighbors in the sky. Jupiter, the brighter of the two, is a ...

Ancient Greek astronomers likely observed Uranus as a star, but limited tools and geocentric views kept them from recognizing ...

NASA’s Solar System Exploration website notes these names, rooted in Latin, persisted due to historical inertia despite varied ancient names.

From ram’s horns to the scales of justice, these symbols help tell the astrological story of who you are and how you move ...

Our planet of the mind and the mouth ... that would be better stuffed in a suitcase under your mattress. In mythology, Mercury was tasked with patrolling boundaries, and hard lines are a notorious ...

As the name suggests, retrograde refers to when a planet appears to go ... In astrology, Mercury’s archetype is that of Hermes, who, in mythology, is named the Greek messenger of God, which ...

While the seven planets will all be above the horizon just after sunset, Mercury and Saturn will be ... s Adventures in Wonderland.” Hawaiian mythology also refers to this phase as the wet ...