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![Hubble’s observation of Jupiter in 2021. NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley) and the OPAL team.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Cvzdqd7AxLzjzQNoZaQVhC-320-80.jpg)
Jupiter: Facts about the king of the planets
By Adam Mann published
Reference Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, with moons, rings and beautiful clouds.
![This is an image of the planet Uranus taken by the spacecraft Voyager 2 in 1986. NASA & JPL-Caltech.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b3Nqnpyv2YS6iwrw4EB7pZ-320-80.jpg)
Uranus: Facts about the sideways ice giant
By Adam Mann published
Reference Uranus is a strange world in the solar system that spins on its side. A new probe that will visit Uranus in the coming decades could unlock even more secrets about this peculiar planet.
![Mosaic of Saturn taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on November 20, 2017. Source -NASA & JPL-Caltech & Space Science Institute](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hVFFUFy5dzzvKgYS9FywgL-320-80.jpg)
Saturn: Facts about the ringed planet
By Adam Mann published
Reference Saturn is one of the most beautiful worlds in the solar system, with spectacular rings and moons that could host life.
![Venus - Computer Simulated Global View Centered at 90 Degrees East Longitude. September 23, 1996. NASA & JPL.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pR9pCBjB7tcodWJow8XVGU-320-80.jpg)
Venus: Facts about the hellish planet next door
By Adam Mann published
Reference Venus is Earth's next-door neighbor and could be Earth's twin, if not for the sulfuric acid clouds and hellish surface temperatures.
![From his balcony in Rome, Gianluca Masi captured this night-sky image of Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Saturn (plus the moon) lined up.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XSvBR86xaNCwxGbyeqtsU6-320-80.jpg)
4 planets line up like ducks in a row in gorgeous night-sky image
By Stephanie Pappas published
The moon is leading a parade of four planets across the predawn sky this week.
![An illustration of the massive comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gKaXKXY9CTcJPpHSNynpzT-320-80.jpeg)
Largest comet ever seen has a heart 'blacker than coal,' and it's headed this way
By Brandon Specktor published
Astronomers gazed into the icy, black heart of comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein, and found it is more massive than any comet nucleus ever seen.
![Planets Venus, Mars and Jupiter align over the Isle of Portland Dorset England in the U.K.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dKjbE7svhVw68cTA69ELmJ-320-80.jpg)
The planets are prepping for an epic alignment. Here's how to see it shape up.
By Stephanie Pappas published
The five naked-eye planets in the solar system will line up across the predawn sky this spring and summer. Here's how to watch.
![Goldilocks zone](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QvsJvXS6tfkTXjPiwdfeiA-320-80.jpg)
The Goldilocks zone: The place in a solar system that's just right
By Andrew May published
Reference Discover how finding this habitable zone is essential to uncovered life on other worlds
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