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How to spot November's planetary parade in the pre-dawn sky

The planets of Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter will align in pre-dawn sky throughout November.

BBC Science · EN

Planetary Scientist Jonathan Lunine Invested as Member of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters

In recognition of his outstanding scholarly achievements, Jonathan Lunine (PhD '85), a professor of planetary science at Caltech and chief scientist at NASA's JPL, which Caltech manages for NASA, has been invested as a member of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters (AASL). The AASL promotes scholarship and honors outstanding achievement in the arts, sciences, and learned professions. Lunine has performed pioneering research on the formation and evolution of planetary systems, the nature of planetary interiors and atmospheres, and where environments suited for life might exist in the so

Caltech News · EN

First-of-its-kind planetary wreckage holds clues to our Solar System’s fate

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03537-7 Astronomers spot an unprecedented double disk of debris around a dead star.

Nature News · EN