View larger. | Artist’s concept of the super-Earth exoplanet LP 890-9 c. It orbits a red…
Category: Earth Sky
1st ultra-faint Milky Way satellite galaxy found by Rubin
This starfield shows the newly discovered Milky Way satellite galaxy at the center. The point of…
Were these polygonal cracks on Venus once on a seafloor?
View larger. | Here’s a region of cracks on Venus, 2nd world outward from our sun.…
Vast Martian honeycombs featured in new Curiosity panorama
View larger. | Closeup of some of the Martian honeycombs that Curiosity imaged on June 19-20,…
Were Neptune’s inner moons born from an ancient cataclysm?
View larger. | This infrared image from the James Webb Space Telescope, taken on July 12,…
Venus rings found high above planet’s thick clouds
Venus rings! On the right, an unpolarized view of the cloud tops of Venus on the…
Does asteroid Nysa have 3 lobes and a moon?
We’ve seen many asteroids that are made from 2 bodies stuck together, but asteroid Nysa might…
Is a giant planet orbiting Tabby’s Star? Maybe
Artist’s concept of dust – in this case from a shattered comet – in the vicinity…
Star formation in Andromeda – our neighbor – is winding down
The galaxy next door appears to be settling in for retirement. NASA said on July 27,…
Wandering black hole spotted shredding a star
NASA says its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has spotted a supermassive black hole shredding a star.…