Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. Dec 07, 2024, 05:19am EST Feb 10, 2025, 12:18pm EST This ...
EVANSTON, Ill. — Except for the fact that we call it home, for centuries astronomers didn’t have any particular reason to believe that our solar system was anything special in the universe. But, ...
Just like the moon and other planets have phases due to their orientation relative to the sun, planets orbiting distant stars have phases, and we've now observed these for the first time. Separately, ...