View larger. | A fluvial sinuous ridge, or inverted channel, in Noachis Terra on Mars. A…
Category: Earth Sky
Is the 3rd interstellar visitor – 3I/ATLAS – an alien probe?
By Sara Webb, Swinburne University of Technology Interstellar object discovered On July 1, astronomers spotted an…
Star survives black hole, returns for another round
Artist’s concept of a supermassive black hole shredding and devouring a star in what’s known as…
Young, massive exoplanet is in an unusual double star system
View larger/ full image. | European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile took this…
‘Unicorn’ long-period radio transient baffles scientists
Artist’s impression of the long-period radio transient CHIME J1634+44, which has properties so strange it’s been…
Newborn planet spotted sculpting a spiral around its star
View larger. | The image to the left, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), shows…
Companion for Betelgeuse confirmed! Beloved red star has a blue-white buddy
View larger. | The ‘Alopeke instrument on the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii obtained this image…
Asteroid 2025 OS safely buzzed by Earth this weekend
Here’s an illustration showing the path of asteroid 2025 OS that safely passed Earth on July…
The Day the Earth Smiled at Saturn 12 years ago
Here’s the famous The Day the Earth Smiled photo, taken by the Cassini spacecraft on July…
A hidden molecular cloud near our Milky Way’s center
Artist’s concept of the hidden molecular cloud in our Milky Way. Scientists are calling this region…