NASA’s Mars exploration rover Opportunity took this dramatic image of its shadow on sol 180 (July…
Category: Earth Sky
Puffiest exoplanets yet found are as dense as cotton candy
View larger. | Artist’s concept of the 2 “super-puff” planets, TOI-791 b and TOI-791 c. They…
How a planet survived the death of its sunlike star
This artist’s concept shows the exoplanet WD 1856 b. It’s a gas giant, similar to Jupiter.…
The Milky Way’s arms might not look as we thought
This video shows what astronomers thought the Milky Way looked like, and what the new data…
Another clue to past life?
View larger. | The Perseverance rover inspects the mudstone rock named Cheyava Falls on July 17,…
Huge magma systems on Mars existed below the surface
View larger. | This Mars Express spacecraft view shows Olympus Mons on Mars, the largest volcano…
Rubin Observatory begins 10-year timelapse of the universe
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory took this 1.7-gigapixel image of a field of stars in the…
A passing star may have unleashed a comet deluge
This is Comet McNaught, as seen over Western Australia on January 20, 2007. Scientists from the…
Will Earth survive the red giant sun? New research suggests yes
Artist’s concept of the sun engulfing Earth about 5 billion years from now. Will Earth survive…
A lunar quarantine facility to protect from alien microbes?
This was the scene in early 2023 when technicians were transporting the precious sample of asteroid…