Before 2020 comes to a close, Jupiter and Saturn will be so close that they will appear to form a “double planet.” Such a spectacular great conjunction, as the planetary alignment has come to ...

"Charon is about half the size of Pluto itself, making it the largest satellite relative to the planet it orbits in our Solar System. Pluto and Charon are often referred to as a 'double planet'." ...

in this case—appear to pass so close to each other that they become an almost double planet. It last happened on December 21, 2020, just a few days before Christmas Day, when Jupiter and Saturn ...

As the gatekeepers to the Kuiper Belt, Charon and Pluto are a unique double dwarf planet system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

While Charon is currently listed as a satellite or moon by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), consideration is being given to it perhaps being classified as a dwarf planet in its own right, ...

Tucked away in a star-forming region in the Taurus constellation, a pair of circling stars are displaying some unexpected ...

(NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab/Southwest Research Institute) This large planet to moon ratio is sometimes referred to as a double-planet system rather than planet and moon ...

Now the International Space Station crew is back on earth, astronomers are looking forward to the next big event, the double planet of Venus and Jupiter appearing in the night sky on June 30th.