When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Credit: Astroscale Astroscale’s ADRAS-J orbital inspection mission captured every aspect of the target piece of space debris up close. The stunning images of the 36-foot (11-meter) long rocket stage were captured from a distance of just 164 feet (50… Read More »
Planets orbit around their parent stars, separated by vast distances; In our solar system, the planets are like grains of sand in a football field-sized area. The time it takes for planets to orbit their sun has no particular relationship to each other. But sometimes their orbits display striking patterns. For example, astronomers examining six… Read More »
Astronomers have discovered an unusual star system just 100 light-years away from us, where six planets are clustered extremely close to their host star, so close in fact that their entire orbits fit within the distance between them. Mercury and our sun. Surprisingly, unlike our own solar system, this newly discovered slice of the cosmos… Read More »