View larger. | The Tianwen-1 Remote Camera took this “selfie” image of the Zhurong rover and…
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Mysterious 3200 Phaethon – parent to the Geminids – revealed!
Artist’s concept of asteroid 3200 Phaethon, which NASA sometimes calls a “rock comet.” Most asteroids are…
EarthSky’s lunar calendar: How to use this great gift!
As your can see, EarthSky’s lunar calendar shows the moon phases for each day of the…
Space Force to track ‘abnormal objects of unknown origin’
The U.S. Space Force tracks many different objects near Earth such as human-made debris, commercial satellites,…
Nearby exoplanet is Earth twin, but hot as a pizza oven
View larger. | This is an artist’s concept of LTT 1445Ac, an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting a…
Where is Voyager 2 going? And when will it get there?
The Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft are identical. In this artist’s concept, one of the twin…
World’s largest optical telescope – the ELT – going up in Chile
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is adding the world’s largest optical telescope to its collection of…
Shrinking exoplanets? Here’s how it happens
View larger. | Artist’s concept of the sub-Neptune exoplanet called TOI-421 b. In a new study,…
How to see Earth’s shadow at sunrise and sunset
Learn how to see Earth’s shadow and the Belt of Venus in this video. Earth’s shadow…
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is shrinking! See photos
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Makrem Larnaout in Tunis, Tunisia, captured this image of Jupiter’s…