View larger. | This image from Hubble shows the barred spiral galaxy UGC 12158. This means…
Category: Earth Sky
Brown dwarf auroras might cause methane emission
View larger. | Artist’s concept of the brown dwarf W1935. Using the James Webb Space Telescope,…
Was asteroid Kamo’oalewa blasted from this moon crater?
Meet the lunar crater Giordano Bruno. It’s 13 miles (21 km) wide and located on the…
Asteroid Apophis to sweep close 5 years from tomorrow
Orbit of asteroid Apophis (pink) in contrast to the orbit of Earth (blue), from the years…
Enceladus hosting cell-sized particles, a hint of life?
View larger. | False-color view of the water vapor plumes on Enceladus, which Cassini took on…
Is alien life purple? Researchers look beyond Earth’s green
Is alien life purple? When we look at Earth from space, the color green means life.…
Venus’ atmosphere is leaking gases into space
View larger. | Japan’s Akatsuki (Venus Climate Orbiter) spacecraft captured this view of Venus on October…
3 young planetary systems revealed by Webb telescope
New features detected by Webb are superimposed in orange on HL Tauri and its protoplanetary disk,…
Did this Mars rock once lie along an ancient lakeshore?
View larger. | Here’s the Mars rock known as Bunsen Peak. The white hole on the…
Large asteroid safely passed Earth: See pic here!
Here’s the image of the large asteroid – 2013 NK4 – that safely passed Earth on…