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23 — underscored the weight of decisions ahead, he said. During the meeting, trustees unanimously agreed to increase class sizes for next school year throughout elementary, middle and high school ...

Throughout February, these six planets may be seen across the sky at night, as they were in January. But, later in the month, you have the chance to see the planets joined by Mercury, creating an ...

Venus is often called Earth's "sister planet" because it is similar in size and composition. However, it is covered in volcanoes and lava flows, indicating ongoing volcanic activity. The Venusian ...

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A "super-Earth" planet found outside of our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts at the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times ...

A planet-size object that possibly once visited the solar system may have permanently changed our cosmic neighborhood by warping the orbits of the four outer planets, a new study suggests.

Get ready for a parade of planets this winter. During the month of January, sky gazers will be able to see four planets in one view — and come February, the parade will only expand. NASA says ...

with sizes between 0.89 and 1.52 Jupiter's radius and orbits between 0.04 and 0.07 AU. They also checked to see if any of those dips in light curves might have been caused by second planets ...

Stargazers will have another chance to spot a rare and beautiful “planetary procession” tonight with six planets aligned in the night sky. Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are ...