View larger. | This view from the Curiosity rover shows a part of Mars’ Gale crater…
Category: Earth Sky
Help spot galaxies bending spacetime!
These Euclid space telescope images show galaxies bending spacetime, causing light from more distant galaxies to…
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS born in a cold environment
Comet 3I/ATLAS, about 3 weeks after its closest approach to the sun. The Gemini North telescope…
New organics on Mars raise questions about ancient life
View larger. | The Curiosity rover took this selfie on October 25, 2020. It had just…
Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies show state of the early universe
Figure A shows a dark matter map in our neighborhood of the universe. The 2 blobs…
How much water on exoplanets does life need?
View larger. | This image compares Venus (left) with 3 possible atmospheres for Gliese 12 b,…
Waves on other planets vary widely, new MIT study suggests
Waves on Saturn’s large moon Titan vs. waves on Earth. A new study from researchers at…
Summer solstice in Mars’ southern hemisphere is April 25
On Earth, nothing could feel as familiar as the passing of our seasons. And our days…
Black hole Cygnus X-1 has fast, powerful dancing jets
An animation of the interaction between the Cygnus X-1 black hole and its large companion star.…
Simulating how black holes light up the dark
Artist’s depiction of a supermassive black hole tearing apart a star. Roughly half of the stellar…