This star system is significant in the search for habitable exoplanets. Arcturus is the fourth brightest and has a visual magnitude of -0.05, located in the Boötes constellation. This is a red ...

Only the three-star Alpha Centauri star system, which is 4.1 light-years distant, is closer. In 2016, astronomers found a planet orbiting the nearest star to Earth in this system, called Proxima ...

This year, June belongs to Jupiter. Earth has been gaining on the giant planet, and on the 10th we lap it in the orbital race. At that moment, Jupiter and the sun occupy opposite corners of the ...

Winter may seem endless by the time March rolls around, but this month the sun and the day length are both climbing at top speed. At our northern latitude, the day length is increasing by about ...

This star system is significant in the search for habitable exoplanets. Arcturus is the fourth brightest and has ... from navigation to the search for habitable planets. Understanding the apparent ...