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A new investigation into old Kepler data has revealed that a planetary system once thought to house zero planets actually has ...
New Orleans trumpeter and composer Steve Lands reinterprets Gustav Holst's "The Planets" on his album "Rearranging the ...
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Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, was 2 to 2.5 times bigger in its earlier life, according to new research. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Tanya Oleksuik Jupiter, the ...
Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune each get their chance to shine during this nearly hour-long piece. Pluto is not included because it hadn’t been discovered in 1916, at the time of Holst’s ...
Storm warning on Jupiter A huge storm on Jupiter broke out in December of 2016, just south of the planet's equator and about 60 degrees east of the famous Great Red Spot. Amateur astronomer Phil ...
When I texted my trombone-major boyfriend to ask if he wanted to go see the Seattle Symphony perform Gustav Holst’s The Planets: An HD Odyssey with me this weekend, I received this enthusiastic ...
Astral Project with Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Holst's 'The Planets' Conductor Thomas Adès leads a voyage through the solar system with performances on February 26 and 27, as well as March 1 ...
But every 26 months, the orbits of Earth and Mars allow us a closer look at the Red Planet when Mars is at opposition — which will happen on the night of Jan. 15 this year.
Nancy Zhou is set to appear in Vaughan Williams ’ The Lark Ascending. Holst’s Planets will also feature Montclair State University Prima Voce, under the leadership of director Heather J. Buchanan.
Zander knows The Planets’ ins and outs well. Having studied with Holst’s daughter, Imogen, and conducted it frequently over the years, that is to be expected. Yet the mix of poignancy and vitality ...
Jupiter, the fifth planet from the Sun, is between Mars and Saturn. It’s the largest planet in the solar system, big enough for more than 1,000 Earths to fit inside, with room to spare.