Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. Mercury, the smallest planet in the Solar System and the planet closest to the Sun, may have a diamond layer as thick as 18 kilometers (11 miles) beneath its surface. Diamonds may have formed shortly… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. (Left) A color view of Mercury produced using images from the color basemap imaging campaign during MESSENGER’s primary mission. (Right) What Mercury might look like if its outer layers were peeled back to reveal a 10-mile-thick layer of diamonds.… Read More »
The new moon in July 2024 will occur today, as the Earth reaches the point farthest from the Sun, the aphelion point. The new moon will occur on July 5 at 6:57 p.m. Eastern Time (2257 UTC), according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and two days later the young moon will pass close to Mercury… Read More »
The January new moon will occur on January 11 at 6:57 a.m. Eastern Time. US Naval Observatoryand one day later the planet Mercury It will reach its greatest separation from the Sun towards the west and reveal itself as a “morning star”. When do new moons occur? Sun and the moon share the same celestial… Read More »