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JUPITER IS THE BIGGEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM BY FAR . HERE’S
WORLD SPACE WEEK SPECIAL
A round-up of the strangest science stories from around the world.
How our knowledge of these worlds beyond the Solar System has exploded in the last three decades
Best time to see: 31 October, 05:15 UT Altitude: 58° Location: Gemini Direction: South Features: Complex atmosphere, moons Recommended equipment: 100mm or larger Jupiter skips opposition in 2025. Its
This October marks 50 years since a heavily shielded spacecraft, the Soviet Union’s Venera 9, parachuted into the atmosphere of Venus. Then, having landed, it did something extraordinary: it beamed ba
The number of planets discovered orbiting other stars stands at over 6,000 and counting, but that’s just the confirmed ones. Many more candidate exoplanets are awaiting verification, some of which are
