Kepler Sketched the Sun in 1607. Astronomers Pinpointed the Solar Cycle

Johannes Kepler is probably most well known for developing the laws of planetary motion. He was…

Mercury Could be Housing a Megafortune Worth of Diamonds!

Mercury, the closest planet to our Sun, is also one of the least understood in the…

Webb Directly Images a Jupiter-Like Planet

The JWST has directly imaged its first exoplanet, a temperate super Jupiter only about 12 light-years…

Floating LEAVES Could Characterize Venus’s Atmosphere

Venus’s atmosphere has drawn a lot of attention lately. In particular, the consistent discovery of phosphine…

Update your Desktop Wallpaper with 25 New Images from Chandra

It’s not always possible to observe the night sky from the surface of the Earth. The…

SpaceX Moves Ahead With Launches After FAA Go-Ahead

The Federal Aviation Administration has ruled that SpaceX can resume Falcon 9 rocket launches while the…

Is This How You Get Hot Jupiters?

When we think of Jupiter-type planets, we usually picture massive cloud-covered worlds orbiting far from their…

A Solution to the “Final Parsec Problem?”

Supermassive Black Holes are Nature’s confounding behemoths. It’s difficult for Earth-bound minds to comprehend their magnitude…

Now Uranus’ Moon Ariel Might Have an Ocean too

Venus is known for being really quite inhospitable with high surface temperatures and Mars is known…

Why is JWST Having So Much Trouble with the TRAPPIST-1 System?

When the James Webb Space Telescope was launched it came with a fanfare expecting amazing things,…