The University of Michigan posted this original article on July 10, 2024. Edits by EarthSky. Dark…
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Eternal sunrises, sunsets viewed on distant exoplanet
Exoplanets are worlds orbiting distant stars. Astronomer Néstor Espinoza of Space Telescope Science Institute spoke with…
1st lunar lava tube discovered by NASA moon orbiter
Artist’s concept of the lunar lava tube in Mare Tranquillitatis. This image depicts the Lunar Reconnaissance…
JUICE mission to Jupiter to flyby moon and Earth
View full image. | Here’s a timeline and the path the JUICE mission will take as…
This desert moss could grow on Mars, no greenhouse needed
View larger. | The desert moss is Syntrichia caninervis, also known as steppe screw moss. Researchers…
Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact on Jupiter 30 years ago
View larger. | The Hubble Space Telescope view of Earth-sized bruises on Jupiter, caused by Comet…
Eyeball ocean world? Webb reveals an intriguing super-Earth
View larger. | Artist’s depictions of what LHS 1140 b might look like. Earth is on…
Will the scientific definition of a planet change … again?
Join EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd and astronomer Michael Brown LIVE at 12:15 p.m. CDT (17:15 UTC). Brown…
‘I killed Pluto. Now I’m searching for Planet 9’
Join EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd and astronomer Michael Brown LIVE at 12:15 p.m. CDT (17:15 UTC). Click…
Comet 13P/Olbers will be closest to Earth on July 20
View larger. | Comet 13P/Olbers makes its closest approach to Earth on July 20, 2024. Astrophotographers…