/tags/planets Planets en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:36:17 GMT /energy-environment/2025-04-24/three-planets-to-delight-stargazers-in-a-parade-across-austins-sky-on-friday The predawn sky will feature a glowing crescent moon, joined by planets Mercury, Venus and Saturn. Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:36:17 GMT /energy-environment/2025-04-24/three-planets-to-delight-stargazers-in-a-parade-across-austins-sky-on-friday Alana Wise /energy-environment/2025-02-27/a-rare-parade-of-all-7-planets-will-move-across-austins-night-sky-friday This phenomenon, known as a "planet parade," will feature Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all present at the same time along a line in the night sky, NASA says. Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:39:26 GMT /energy-environment/2025-02-27/a-rare-parade-of-all-7-planets-will-move-across-austins-night-sky-friday Chandelis Duster /energy-environment/2025-01-23/planets-night-sky-watching-austin-tx Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will appear to line up and be bright enough to see without a telescope or binoculars � and with them, you can see Uranus and Neptune, too. Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:14:17 GMT /energy-environment/2025-01-23/planets-night-sky-watching-austin-tx Juliana Kim /science/2024-08-13/mars-jupiter-celestial-dance-planets-space-conjunction The encounter is an out-of-this-world example of right place, right time � as Mars zips past Jupiter, Earth will be in the perfect spot to see the two planets look as if they are within arm's reach. Tue, 13 Aug 2024 21:19:43 GMT /science/2024-08-13/mars-jupiter-celestial-dance-planets-space-conjunction Juliana Kim /science/2023-03-23/5-planets-could-be-visible-in-the-night-sky-next-week On Monday and Tuesday, you may be able to catch a glimpse of Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars all at once. Thu, 23 Mar 2023 14:02:20 GMT /science/2023-03-23/5-planets-could-be-visible-in-the-night-sky-next-week Joe Hernandez /news/2022-04-19/nasa-advisers-call-for-a-visit-to-uranus-plus-more-science-during-moon-landings NASA should send probes to the ice giant planet of Uranus and to a moon of Saturn where conditions could be right for life. Those are some of the recommendations in a new report to the space agency. Tue, 19 Apr 2022 16:38:09 GMT /news/2022-04-19/nasa-advisers-call-for-a-visit-to-uranus-plus-more-science-during-moon-landings Nell Greenfieldboyce /science/2020-01-03/commentary-why-astronomers-keep-changing-what-it-means-to-be-a-planet As an astronomer, the question I hear the most is why isn’t Pluto a planet anymore? More than 10 years ago, astronomers famously voted to change Pluto’s� Fri, 03 Jan 2020 11:01:00 GMT /science/2020-01-03/commentary-why-astronomers-keep-changing-what-it-means-to-be-a-planet Christopher Palma | The Conversation /science/2019-03-26/team-led-by-ut-austin-student-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-discover-two-new-planets A team led by an undergraduate student at UT Austin discovered two hidden planets more than 1,000 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius. To put� Tue, 26 Mar 2019 20:41:01 GMT /science/2019-03-26/team-led-by-ut-austin-student-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-discover-two-new-planets Andy Jechow /science/2016-06-21/young-large-and-in-fast-orbit-texas-astronomers-find-new-exoplanet From Marfa Public Radio: This week Texas astronomers announced their discovery of a giant new exoplanet. It’s a young planet: only 11 million years old.� Tue, 21 Jun 2016 16:39:01 GMT /science/2016-06-21/young-large-and-in-fast-orbit-texas-astronomers-find-new-exoplanet Tom Michael /energy-environment/2016-02-26/discovery-at-uts-mcdonald-observatory-may-help-scientists-learn-how-planets-evolve From Marfa Public Radio: It’s a warm afternoon on top of Mount Locke in Far West Texas, but inside and under the dome of the oldest telescope here,� Fri, 26 Feb 2016 17:20:21 GMT /energy-environment/2016-02-26/discovery-at-uts-mcdonald-observatory-may-help-scientists-learn-how-planets-evolve Tom Michael