Saturn – already the title-holder for most moons in the solar system – now has 128…
Category: Earth Sky
New map of Andromeda galaxy and its colossal ecosystem
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Steven Bellavia in Mattituck, New York, created this impressive composite…
Enormous rogue super-Jupiter is a surprisingly complex world
View larger. | Artist’s concept of SIMP 0136. It is a rogue super-Jupiter floating freely in…
Why Mars is red … and the exciting possibilities for life
View larger. | The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter captured this global view of reddish…
Solar system passed through Orion, says intriguing new study
A deep exposure image of the well-known constellation Orion the Hunter, showing the extensive interstellar clouds…
Vacation-style beaches on Mars? New evidence for lost ocean
View larger. | Artist’s illustration of a beach on a now-lost Martian ocean. Another new study…
Speedy white dwarf planets are more likely to be habitable
View larger. | Aomawa Shields, UC Irvine associate professor of physics and astronomy, led the new…
Lucy spacecraft eyeballs next target in exciting new images
The Lucy spacecraft, en route to the Trojan asteroids around Jupiter, first has its sights set…
Our 1st 3D weather map from a distant exoplanet
Here it is! Our 1st 3D weather map for an exoplanet 900 light-years away. Video via…
Thousands of new black holes just found!
Using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) at Kitt Peak in Arizona, astronomers have discovered thousands…